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AI's rapid pace makes past revelations feel like alien visitations

The rapid pace of AI development has compressed the perceived timeline of significant events. This compression means that revelations, such as Donald Trump's prior knowledge of an affair involving someone named Huang, feel as impactful as discovering a long-held presidential secret about alien visitations. AI

RANK_REASON The item uses a hyperbolic analogy to comment on the perceived speed of AI development and its effect on public perception of news cycles, rather than reporting a concrete event.

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AI's rapid pace makes past revelations feel like alien visitations

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    The timeline for # AI is so compressed that finding out that Trump knew about Huang's affair over a year ago is the equivalent to finding out that every preside

    The timeline for # AI is so compressed that finding out that Trump knew about Huang's affair over a year ago is the equivalent to finding out that every president going back to Lincoln had been visited by aliens and kept it a secret.