I had the same experience. Plus you never know what's the best way to use eg. Nano Banana -- it works better in AI Studio versus their regular Gemini chat.
They didn't describe Italy as Eastern Europe, they said you can hire in Eastern Europe for far less. Eg. you can do that from Italy and keep people in the same timezone and relatively close by.
The thinking is very surface level ("AI art sucks" is the popular opinion anyway) and I don't understand what the complaints are about.
The author is tired of AI and likes movies created by people. So just watch those? It's not like we are flooded with AI movies/music.
His social network shows dull AI-generated content? Curate your feed a bit and unfollow those low effort posters.
And in the end, if AI output is dull, there's nothing to be afraid of -- people will skip it.