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There are thought experiments that have established an almost mythical position among a particular group of engineers. If you give them a seemingly harmless goal, such as building artificial intelligence and creating as many paper clips as possible, you might eventually turn everything into raw materials for all paper clips. Such absurd analogy has been taken seriously by some of Silicon Valley's loudest voices, many of which now warn that AI is an existential risk that is more dangerous than nuclear weapons. These stories shape how billionaires, including Elon Musk, think about AI, and fueled an increasing number of people…
In his first major speech to Congress in his second term, President Donald Trump made it clear that he intends to advance the Magazine agenda.Naturally, he threw up the confusion and controversy of the past 43 days filled with historic victory. And although he provided little new details about what he had planned for the future, it is clear that he should expect more of the same thing.Trump, for example, sounded eager to expand his trade war and eager to promote a new round of “mutual tariffs” that will come into effect on April 2nd. We argue that these duties…
Disney has explicitly added Christian characters to Pixar's new series Win or lose. It may not be in isolation and turning its head, but a few months after nicking the storyline of trans characters from the same show, it's in the cultural wave of pushbacks to diversification, both for Disney and the country as a whole. Now, online fans are guessing exactly what this latest move means. Is Disney entering a new conservative era, or is this all business as usual? Let's take a look.The Pixar series, which debuted on Disney+ at the end of February, follows a team of…
This story appeared on the logoff A daily newsletter that will help you stay informed about the Trump administration without taking over your life in political news. Subscribe here.Welcome to logoff. Donald Trump suspended military aid in Ukraine on Monday night. This is a freeze that completely covers Ukraine's position ahead of planned peace talks with Russia. We will continue to track that dispute, but today we are focusing on the mixed chaos surrounding Trump's repeated, different tariffs. To be clear, they're still on – for now. And if they stay, they will have a major impact on the global…
Donald Trump has imposed a 25% tariff on virtually all goods produced by two of America's biggest trading partners, Canada and Mexico. He also established a full 20% tariff on Chinese goods. As a result, the average tariff level in the United States is higher than any time since the 1940s. Meanwhile, China and Canada quickly opposed Trump's obligations, with the former imposing a 15% tariff on American produce, and the latter giving a 25% tariff on $30 billion in US goods. Mexico vowed to carry its own retaliatory tariffs. This trade war could have widespread consequences. Trump's tariffs have…
The Mexican state has filed a lawsuit against several major US gun manufacturers; Smith & Wesson Brandsv. Estados Unidos Mexiconoswas cursed long before he arrived at the Supreme Court. Tuesday's oral debate in the incident only confirmed it. At least seven, and perhaps all nine, of the judiciaries, appear to reject Mexican arguments that gun companies are responsible for crimes committed on products across the US-Mexico border.Mexico sued seven gun companies and companies distributing firearms, claiming that these companies were intentionally and illegally supplying guns to drug cartels. According to the federal court of appeals, the defendant in this case…
Donald Trump's long-standing trade war has finally begun.The Trump administration slapped Canada, Mexico and China on Tuesday with big new tariffs, spurring retaliation from other countries, selling markets and new horrors about the future of the US economy.Ultimately, Trump excels at the threat of several months ago, shortly after Trump set a 25% tariff on Canadian and Mexican imports and a 10% tariff on Canadian energy imports. Trump also raised the tariffs he imposed on Chinese imports last month to 20% from 10% last month.Canada will quickly fight back by imposing a 25% tariff on certain goods imported from the…
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The government produces many of America's most important economic indicators. And that data will affect media's economic coverage.These facts have long led partisans to fear manipulating the president's economic data. Specifically, during democratic chairs, conservatives often sought to dismiss positive economic trends by insisting on data manipulation. Last August, Donald Trump accused the Biden administration of “manipulating employment statistics,” causing unemployment to artificially drop before election day. Such claims are always unfounded. The president may have incentives to tamper with economic data reported by the administrative department. However, they have always been constrained by respecting the independence of data collection…
President Donald Trump's decision to halt US military aid to Ukraine is one of the most dramatic changes in US foreign policy in recent years. Not only has the US effectively changed aspects in the ongoing war, it appears to be aside decades of alignment with Europe against Russian attacks, effectively taking Russian side in a larger geopolitical struggle.For some, Trump's move is no surprise. From the time he defended the Russian human rights record, until the US sent the words of Russian President Vladimir Putin to his own intelligence reporting agency, his rhetoric has given him enough ammunition to…