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🔮 The people vs tech; the Europoor; forgotten Creole++ #609

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Welcome to the Sunday edition. This week: Tech on the ballot: On Dario Amodei’s beliefs and why Americans hate AI Is AI’s productivity payoff finally arriving? One strong US quarter isn’t proof.

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