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SATURDAY, 24 FEBRUARY 1973
AI agrees with you more than any human ever has.
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— Zack, unqualified
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- You have an eleven-step skincare routine. Your sleep schedule has none. The serum is…
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- Your step counter used to set goals. Now it just sends "Hello?" like a…
- Your business plan has three phases: launch, pivot, and letting the domain quietly expire.
- Somebody, somewhere, is checking their phone hoping it's you. It's a debt collector.
- Your startup is a chatbot that tells customers they're right. Investors loved it. The…
- Scale your business. Currently it's you, a laptop, and your mum, who bought one…
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