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%.

  • Rhoeri@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    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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      11 hours ago

      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.

      • derpgon@programming.dev
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        1 hour ago

        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”.