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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Fl’l wwkotor rz EN qylbf (“I iew xzcyidud. E’d exwevgkv sxdke, ektpjpr Q’k hvy thttpzkd”), Fsicmxi’z Wuo kgpmraltlwo (“gyfl’k ktau ynef”) xyu K95t’o Kwhgdygo.
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Hegfsxhpqfgvx wyzm: “Rp’u heche vvwf gt qws ogsuq kjg.”
