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It seems Trump's team used AI to create the “nonsense” tariff calculations. (www.theverge.com)
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[–] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 8 points 3 days ago

Turns out the Excel model the professors use is riddled with some basic statistical and formula errors.

Didn't something similar happen with the Freakonomics guys? It seems like a disturbing amount of policy consensus is derived from boomers misusing Excel.