- The article critiques the idea that AI is creating entirely new professions by drawing parallels between modern luxury escorts in Silicon Valley and historical figures like Japanese geishas and French courtesans.
- It argues that underlying human motives, such as the desire for attention, conversation, intellectual companionship, and status, remain constant, even as technology and cultural contexts evolve.
- AI is framed not as a creator of new markets but as a modern explanation for an old pattern, where each generation simply uses new language to describe similar societal needs.