The formula with which Trump explains his customs policy is like what generative AI spends on the subject. Coincidence – or machine gamble, very different from what we thought?
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It was clear that artificial intelligence (AI) would take over jobs. But that the position of the U.S. government’s chief economist is one of those that are first replaced? That comes as a surprise. Almost like this, it should be hardened by the suspicion that the basis for a far -reaching decision of global economic policy is more or less from a chatbot like Chatt comes.
The tariffs, which US President Donald Trump presented on Wednesday, are justified with a mathematical formula. And even if this is not a proof: This formula looks suspiciously like what AI tools spit out when you ask them how to calculate such tariffs in a simple manner.
