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Yeah that's a pretty nested sentence:

> (The future) (is going to be) (based in (things like (what (Comma.ai) (is building upon) (what (the book) (describes)))))

I interpreted it to mean:

> The future will have many products similar to those made by the company Comma.ai. Comma.ai creates technology on top of the hardware described by this book.

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It's so badly nested that even with parentheses it's hard to follow. Here's a version with indentation, which is marginally better. (This sort of thing is what the concept of cyclomatic complexity was invented to prevent.)

  (The future)
  (is going to be)
  (based in
    (things like
      (what
        (Comma.ai)
        (is building upon)
        (what
          (the book)
          (describes)
        )
      )
    )
  )

I’m not a native English speaker Yes, the writing was horrible, sorry for that. I could do better.

I am also a non-native english speaker(I am greek) but I immediately understood your sentence. I didnt even have to think about it! So don't feel bad!

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