https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2026/06/08/opinion-ruby-eastwood-ai-chatgpt-tone-servile-dystopia-future-botox/

"I was reminded, also, of a striking scene in the new Devil Wears Prada 2 film, in which Emily Blunt’s character describes her Jeff Bezos-like fiance as being entirely shaved from head to toe, “smooth as a bar of soap”.

Yes, I thought, this is what they want. This is what they want us to want. A future in which we are all hairless and poreless, our minds beautifully empty, untroubled by a single thought. Idiot children playing with little bits of rubble, making happy noises. Smooth bodies and smooth brains. "

Hits the nail on the head, albeit possibly by accident. "AI" is, in a word, #neotonization. It also explains why a bunch of paedophiles have been so keen on it.

#EpsteinClass #MarALagoFace #lolicon

I’ve told AI countless times to quit that servile tone, but it just starts snivelling

Just like Botox, the AI experience is frictionless, without a single wrinkle or jagged edge

The Irish Times