Summary

Critics accused Trump and his administration of using ChatGPT to create its new tariff formula, which mirrors AI-generated outputs.

Commentators highlighted that the tariffs appear based on a simplistic calculation: divide the U.S. trade deficit with a country by total imports, or default to 10%.

Analysts slammed the approach as flawed and dangerous.

Markets reacted sharply, with the S&P 500 falling over 4% and Nasdaq dropping more than 5%.

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    Not only that, but the table itself tells a lie.

    • first column heading: “tariffs charged to the USA”
    • first column content: trade deficit expressed as percentage

    They needed numbers to look like other countries are mistreating the US. They made up some numbers. He went on the big screen to tell yet another lie.

    For example, the average tariff on US goods in Europe until now is around 4% (probably less). He’s representing it as 39%.

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    I’m certain so-called AI was used…

    I’m equally certain Mafia Don Mangolini hasn’t the first clue how to make use of technology in any form (other than making a stupid tweet/post)…

    This is another effort foisted upon us by Elonazi and/or his Department of Gratifying Elonazi children.

    🙄 🤡 🖕 🖕

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    We are literally a Black Mirror episode watched right now in some parallel universe. Probably with the viewers going “it’s a little far fetched!”

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      I found it very telling that HBO re-wrote the entire Butlerian jihad because the robots were evil, rather than the actual point where using machines to replace humans was wicked and evil

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        I always liked the suggestion that biggest problem wasn’t actually the machines themselves, it was humans letting the machines think for them. We’re seeing a lot of that happening now.

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        And the whole reason replacing humans with AI was determined to be evil was because ONE oligarch decided to offload more and more of his responsibilities to AI.

        It made people’s lives way worse until ultimately he gave AI military responsibility then everything went off the rails

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      “Make a list of every country that runs a trade deficit.”

      “Now apply that formula you suggested.”

      “Now write up a draft executive order that would make it all happen. Use some spelling mistakes so we can track leaks.”

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      there is a wikipedia article. they are a ‘territory’. they took a list of countries and territories, added basic trade data for each, and then they copy/pasted simple formulas down a couple of columns. the whole thing was probably concocted in notepad and excel in half an hour.

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      I’m fairly certain it’s too “flood the zone with bullshit”, straight out of the Steve Bannon playbook. It’s so ridiculous that this is what we’re wasting our time on. Instead of discussing all the other real insane things.

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      they probably prompted to list all territories and didn’t go to the trouble of deleting unpopulated islands

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      I guess it prevents the penguins and seals from running a lucrative business rebranding Chinese gadgets.

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      It’s because the entire penguin species is plotting to overthrow the United States, and by extension, overthrow Trump. Obviously, Trump had to show the penguins that he isn’t going to tolerate their interference.

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    I guess that’s why Musk is so fixated on his sci-fi religious trope of making a “multi-planet species”, in case he ruins this one…

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    Why is it such a stretch to understand that the same mastermind behind the hurricane predicting sharpie, is using AI to turn the entire world against us?

    Normal Thursday in America.

    • slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org
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      How people can liaten to him talk and think he’s smart is beyond me. In any other country, he would live under a bridge and yell at pigeons.

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        They don’t, they just care about hurting others. He doesn’t have to talk at all and just hint that he will “make the other people miserable”.