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    "text": "So another year's almost over\nand you know what that means,"
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    "text": "time for me to look back at it, and yeah,\nobviously that video"
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    "text": "will be about AI. Not just about AI,"
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  {
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    "text": "have a great end of the year\nand a great start into the new"
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