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“The combination of money, power, sex, AI, international politics, and an incoming congress eager to push back against the tech titans is about to explode in ways none of us could have imagined just a couple weeks ago.”

The Huang Affair: What did they know and when did they know it?, paragraph 28.

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The combination of money, power, sex, AI, international politics, and an incoming Congress eager to push back against the tech titans is about to explode in ways none of us could have imagined just a couple of weeks ago.

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  • Rhetoric that commits to nothing testable.

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“about to”

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  • in ways none of us could have imagined just a couple weeks ago (their words)

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Marcus on AI, The Huang Affair: What did they know and when did they know it?, paragraph 28.

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  • : Marcus on AI, The Huang Affair: What did they know and when did they know it?

    The combination of money, power, sex, AI, international politics, and an incoming congress eager to push back against the tech titans is about to explode in ways none of us could have imagined just a couple weeks ago.

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    2026-11-09
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