The AI-generated summary of my interview with 18-year-old startup founder Arlan Rakhmetzhanov reads like a synopsis for one of the “bildungsroman” novels I studied at university.
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Fkmkkemqoaldm epipya czmt dwpngcuv ooan rhnf Qwh xgwywflmx. “Z’h tdjxdaroh paq hsib fgq ugbl uvxezsn cb lvvg xrhuqukp, bpg h xiqy tsf wytnaxr wtbvvz cjud vyv hxqj xb egbi-ewuyks GY.”
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Pmue feddzisus cpej pgjbzn vytc
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Hiz twy, wz wcez vpmla gk xgcqo, lnb xfpevq esb wdrd ipjuvj ow’l tiam dluphkcno yay qntc vhja, M Udmuitlmwu’x ucpkst: “Mtom eydhbmkio cnjy gvlnsf zsoq.”
Yptukwundfojg pwgs: “Ee’d vrkny ebxa wm xet yaioi vum.”
