India, Oct. 21 -- By now, you have heard it. You have heard all of it. Twice. Once at last year's conference, and again - word for word - at this year's.

It always begins the same way. "In today's fast-paced, ever-evolving world of unprecedented challenges and limitless opportunities."

Cue the dramatic pause. Another pause. Then another.

By this point, even the audio technician is mouthing along with the speaker.

Then come the adjectives, those poor, overworked words dragged out like exhausted marathon runners. Words like transformative, empowering, disruptive, paradigm-shifting, unprecedented. (again - because it would not be a proper AI speech without a bit of recursion).

We are living in the golden age of ChatGPT Oratory. The spee...