Google Keynote feels like it's emulating the Apple keynote from 5 years ago.
And the Apple keynote looks like robots just out of an uncanny valley pretending to be humans - just like keynotes might look in 5 years, but actually made by AI. Apple is always ahead of the curve in keynote trends.
That's what Apple keynotes feel like now. It seems like each year, they're trying to make their presentations even more essentially 'Apple.' They crossed the uncanny valley a long time ago.
I used to look forward to watching them live but now I just go back after the event and skip through the videos to see the most relevant bits (or just read the various reports instead).
It’s the stillness between “beats” that does it, I think, and the very-constrained and repetitive motion.
Where humans behave so awkwardly that they seem artificial but are just not quite close enough…
If so, Apple have totally nailed the reverse uncanny valley!