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    "text": "I think like having to set up and fiddle with your loops and, you know, figuring that out is something that, you know, maybe people got excited about, but I don't think this is the way that it's going to work. I think the way that it's going to work is how we're positioning and what we're shipping with dots, where you have an incredibly smart agent that works 24/7, understands your goals, understands your preferences, learns from feedback. And it's like, … not perfect. I will learn very much from making this available to our pro users. But over time, you just want … system that learns from what you want to achieve.",
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