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Alson. The part there are on. I't. I doubt there's two of them.

I would love if there was.

I'd be shocked.

We'll find out if you are Parmi Olson.

Parmi is Bloomberg columnist, specialising in tech, and has the notable distinction of winning the

FT book of business book of the year for 2024, which is called supremacy and the subtitle which is a long

subtitle AI chat GPT and the race that will change the world and it's an amazing book about i mean

it's it's not often you can say with absolute confidence that we're going to discuss for the next

hour a topic that will probably define the lives of generations to come, almost certainly.

Right. I mean, this is artificial intelligence is the biggest topic since the internet, right? And may well be bigger than the internet in terms of its consequences.

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