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Don't Feed The Algorithm

Zach Chmael
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A newsletter about agentic AI, human taste, and building systems for life, work, and whatever weird future we’re all sprinting toward.

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    Founder @ Trovance AI | marketing engineer, filmmaker, tech geek, ai underlord

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