AGI Escapes Containment; Trump Admin: "Hold My Beer" — Tariff Terathread
AGI Escapes Containment; Trump Admin: "Hold My Beer" — Tariff Terathread
guess where they got their weird trade deficit math from? i went to the pit for y'all and brought back the screenshots with alt text
Now that AI got involved it's on topic for TechTakes I guess. Making a containment thread because there might be a lot to sneer about this.
Boring version of of the main story: https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5345802
Skynet declares trade war on penguins: https://archive.is/Nn5MC
Reactionary news outlet celebrates 77% drop in stock price by taking everyone else down with them: https://bsky.app/profile/brianmfloyd.bsky.social/post/3lluybov3i22o
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People found a trick for the EU to get round the tariffs.
The Vatican was excluded from the tariff list and Italy is at the 20% EU rate. I hope some scheming cardinal sees the opportunity here.
italians are about to invent a form of corruption so lucrative it will destroy the global economy
The Vatican, now using shipping containers as diplomatic pouches.
Come on dream bigger. This container ship is my diplomatic pouch. Ever Given declared act of god and sainted.
If a container ship ever arrives or departs the landlocked Vatican City, that is some credible evidence of an act of God.
inb4 the Papal State peacefully annexes parts of Fiumicino and Civitavecchia
"now you might've thought rome had bad traffic before, but I guess you haven't been here since the vatican bought the Ever Green..."
Furiously drafting the Tibermax specification.