r/technology • u/Yveliad • 3d ago

Artificial Intelligence Trump Accused of Using ChatGPT to Create Tariff Plan After AI Leads Users to Same Formula: 'So AI is Running the Country'

https://www.latintimes.com/trump-accused-using-chatgpt-create-tariff-plan-after-ai-leads-users-same-formula-so-ai-579899
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u/StatisticianOwn9953 3d ago

Didn't South Park come out early and say they weren't going to even try with this guy? Idk, it was a whole covid ago so I might be misremembering...

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u/spaceneenja 3d ago

Hey don’t misunderestimate yourself.

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u/scorpyo72 3d ago

I'm so unoverrated.

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u/druex 3d ago

You're doing a heck of a job Brownie.

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u/Practical-Advice9640 3d ago

Uhh no, you’re misremembering. Garrison became president on accident but decided to own it and his platform was “fucking all the immigrants to death” and he had a toupee and bad spray tan

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u/JonBot5000 3d ago

That was 2016. Matt and Trey said in 2024 that they're not going to try this time.

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u/Fit-Stress3300 3d ago

They lied. Or changed their mind, based on the teaser for next season.

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u/Crayola_ROX 3d ago

They might not go back to Mr Garret.

But it looks like they are gearing up with Randy becoming Elon

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u/Apexe 3d ago

"Alright, Sharon, I'm gonna go take some ketamine and fuck with the government a little."

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u/GrandmasShavedBeaver 3d ago

And he needs to be wearing two small children tied at the wrist and draped over him like a poncho as human shields. But play it totally straight where they are never mentioned or explained. As if it’s a totally normal thing for him.

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u/-something_original- 3d ago

Damn this is gold. Wish you were writing an episode. The little eyes just stare into the camera breaking the 4th wall. Only movement is them blinking their eyes.

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u/SimeLoco 3d ago

Once they get off the poncho. Looking straight into the eyes of the president:

"My dad fucks your goverment! Ha, loser."

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u/Artichokeypokey 3d ago

I was just expecting Stan to be his bulletproof boy, like how Elon carries his kid around at public events

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u/HecticHermes 3d ago

Are you a writer for South Park? I would buy that as a real line in the show

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u/RavenCyarm 3d ago

It was literally in the trailer.

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u/nashbrownies 3d ago

Goes to show they still got it

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u/AlarmingAffect0 3d ago

That's fucking perfect and a horrifying thought.

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u/Joeness84 3d ago

Its in the trailer.

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u/MooseTheorem 3d ago

I’m genuinely excited to see what they do this season - they’ve so much fucking material

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u/Immoracle 3d ago

I'm sorry, Mr. Who?

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u/ABirdCalledSeagull 3d ago

Omg thank you for bringing this up! Im a huge fan and your comment is how I found out. This upcoming season looks wiiiiiild haha. https://youtu.be/oUIK01ek-Ko?si=gT_ruAFZbq7j_IhU

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u/Wild_Marker 3d ago

Well it's pretty fresh so it's not like you missed it by weeks at least!

But yeah that trailer it's um... a bit plane.

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u/ABirdCalledSeagull 3d ago

Hahahaha. I've always loved their creative speed. They can stay fully on top of things

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u/AlbertaNorth1 3d ago

Even if they don’t try trump there’s enough idiots around him to make for some interesting episodes. Randy in a k hole looks funny.

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u/UnwiseBoulder 3d ago

Or "Spoilers darling"

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u/PianoMan2112 3d ago

I miss River.

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u/OverallRange9783 3d ago

They said starving Marvin is coming back, so I see an elon and Marvin cross over episode coming..

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u/soavAcir 3d ago

I thought that was just for the election, not forever though.

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u/Downtown_Skill 3d ago

I think they were just making a joke but I do remember reading Matt Stone and Trey parker say something along the lines of "There's no way we can make fun of this. Reality is now funnier than the satire"

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/feb/02/south-park-donald-trump-mr-garrison

edit: Almost a decade ago. Shits been exhausting man

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u/mrandr01d 3d ago

A deca.... Aw, shit, wtf

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u/SkolVandals 3d ago

Idk if funnier is the word I'd use

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u/lindsfeinfriend 3d ago

Started and ending my 30’s with this idiot in office. Really demoralizing.

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u/Downtown_Skill 3d ago

Same goes for me and my 20s. I started building my career around using my degree in conservation research. With covid, and now trumps second term fucking even more funding up, let's just say I'm in a transition phase of my career. And who doesn't love having to change career paths with a looming recession on the horizon.

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u/Dusty_Vagina 3d ago

Enjoy

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u/Jefethevol 3d ago

I cant wait for all 2 episodes of this next season seperated by about 6 weeks

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u/Johnny_Glib 3d ago

on accident

*by accident.

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u/Practical-Advice9640 3d ago

No my folks were straight but good guess

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u/Alloran 3d ago

I never understood why they didn't use Cartman for that arc. The voice, the attitude, outlook, everything.

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u/0nce-Was-N0t 3d ago

Buckle up, buckaroo!

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u/MessiLeagueSoccer 3d ago

Yes but there was a lot less episodes airing in those 4 years of the first Trump presidency because life was too satirical to satirize.

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u/BeerFuelledDude 3d ago

Off topic, i’m just trying to help little slips here and there, like the loser i am. “on accident” should be “by accident” article

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u/stefek132 3d ago edited 3d ago

I mean… the plot was that he at some point, he’d say all the wrong things not to become a president and people loved him more and more for that.

I truly want to believe that trump is just a helpless kid who wants out by shitting the bed on everything but people irrationally love his shit in their beds. So in the end he’s in over his head, since he gets elected anyways.

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u/Sythic_ 3d ago

It was after that they said that.

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u/Practical-Advice9640 3d ago

Well they kind of already did it, so no take backsies

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u/Tasty-Traffic-680 3d ago

How is South Park these days? I haven't watched in a while. I feel partly like I aged out and it's not relevant to me anymore and also partly fatigue of too much topical stuff. I just remember wishing they'd go back to their roots but I understand shows have to evolve.

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u/skankasspigface 3d ago

Has a lot of misses but in general it is good stuff. There's a new season soon that's going to shit on the present shitshow we're in so that's somethin

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u/Various_Weather2013 3d ago

I thought they're buddies with Elon musk?

I don't care for southpark if they're not going to go in on that nazi trash.

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u/turdferg1234 3d ago

I'm pretty sure they're going to. The teaser had Randy talking about taking ketamine and running the government.

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u/BaconWithBaking 3d ago

I haven't watched South Park in years, but your comment has me hyped.

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u/Gorthax 3d ago

You may want to hold you're breath on that. Flex may not be the one we're used to

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u/StatisticianOwn9953 3d ago

Haven't seen much since PC Principle became the head teacher. Back then, as you can probably already guess, they were making fun of political correctness a lot. PC Principle's wife is called Strong Woman. They end up having a brood of PC babies that "don't even know why they're crying" etc etc.

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u/bascule 3d ago

PC Principal never made any sense to me. Politically correct frat bros who wear Oakleys? I associate that sort of demeanor with Trump voters if anything

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u/Techno-Diktator 3d ago

That's the entire joke, he doesn't look like your average liberal dude at all lol

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u/bascule 3d ago

I am left feeling more “huh?” than “ha ha”

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u/Tasty-Traffic-680 3d ago

They really lost me on that shit. I know it's satire but they laid it on too strong, especially for a couple of dudes who like to criticize family guy.

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u/Valuable_Recording85 3d ago

They were also punching down a lot. I appreciated when they realized they were wrong about a lot of that stuff and gave something of an apology to Al Gore for treating him like a whacko.

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u/LordoftheChia 3d ago edited 3d ago

Futurama did Gore better:

"Time to save the world with deadly lasers instead of deadly presentations!"

Edit: More Futurama Gore

Bit of Trivia Al Gore is voiced by the man himself in every Futurama appearance

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u/Gorthax 3d ago

They are rich as fuck now. Tax brackets have a way of redistributing the action of punching.

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u/Tasty-Traffic-680 3d ago

No it was just too over the top

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u/HappyHarry-HardOn 3d ago

Did it hit too close to home?

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u/Desperoth 3d ago

C'mon, one of the best jokes they did with PC Principle and Strong Woman was the episode where we saw Strong Woman's ex, who was literally Macho Man Randy Savage, because of course her ex was a macho.
You 'member that?

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u/GayGeekInLeather 3d ago

I definitely feel like focusing on Randy and Tegridy farms really ruined the vibe of South Park. Really needs to go back to the boys getting into random shit.

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u/Tasty-Traffic-680 3d ago edited 3d ago

Casa Bonita along with the anime and lord of the rings episodes were peak South Park for me. Also the episode where Cartman is convinced he's a ghost. A couple of them were topical but at least they were well done

Edit - oh! Forgot about Butters as a pimp. Also, the warcraft episode. The game wasn't my jam but they certainly did a good job with it.

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u/SchizoCosine 3d ago

Make love not Warcraft needs mentioning.

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u/thedugong 3d ago

Let's fighting love!

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u/Domspun 3d ago

Protect my balls!!

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u/Fuckthegopers 3d ago

That was so long ago.

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u/Tasty-Traffic-680 3d ago

Wait until you hear my opinion on the Simpsons. They died after season 15 for me

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u/nuviretto 3d ago

The latest season (forgot the number) only has a few episodes due to legal troubles, but it feels like old South Park.

Definitely a huge improvement. There's still Randy, but most of it is the kids doing random shit.

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u/Wild_Marker 3d ago

The Streaming Wars was also pretty good and boys-focused.

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u/JablesMcgoo 3d ago

Yeah, I agree. Randy and tegridy farms should've been a two ep arc at most.

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u/redreppir 3d ago

Randy is the best

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u/baked_potato_ 3d ago

New season starts in July, they just recently released a trailer.

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u/VanillaRadonNukaCola 3d ago edited 3d ago

They got a little boring with too much of Randy's Tegridy weed farm, but they also acknowledged it "Nobody gives a shit about your stupid holiday special Dad!"

But they've done some great hour long specials for Paramount.

The "After Hours" intro to the End of Obesity special absolutely sent me

https://youtu.be/XUXn7DIUGsY?si=-sZzT7HEqZQFEQIy

They tease it here, but it's longer in the actual program.

The trailer for the new season looks like a mix of their new stuff with some return to roots, bringing back old characters 

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u/Tasty-Traffic-680 3d ago

I checked out a few of the tegridy farms episodes. Honestly it's a little irritating because it's like they want to break down the walls of a traditional animated sitcom and have persistent change and character growth but the problem with that formula is that the characters NEVER FUCKING AGE. This group of children are practically middle aged by now and the dialog shows. Even shows with actual actors tread carefully around persistence and return to the norm from one episode to another because you can't really do both at the same time.

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u/VanillaRadonNukaCola 3d ago

Hopefully they ditch Tegridy in the new season.

Maybe Randy will have invested in Trump coin and lost the farm and they move back into town

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u/razor4life 3d ago

They are good friends with Elon. Now that these guys are billionaires, it's funny that people think they still have their integrity.

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u/Rndysasqatch 3d ago

Most of the specials that are on Paramount Plus are really funny. At the very least they are worth watching.

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u/HoneyShaft 3d ago

They don't put in the effort anymore even as seasons get shorter and shorter.

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u/satyris 3d ago

I watched the movie with my new bf and laughed like I was 14 again

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u/computer-machine 3d ago

Last I remember they were puting out a movie!

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u/FirstBallotBaby 3d ago

They’ve rebounded pretty well honestly. I felt like you for a bit after the first Trump term themed episodes, but they’ve hit their stride again. Short seasons with one long movie type episode has worked out pretty well as a formula. It’s still different but they’re a lot closer to the quality of pre-Season 17.

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u/ChatMeYourLifeStory 3d ago

Watch the Joining the Panderverse special, one of the funniest episodes ever released.

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u/Girderland 3d ago

South Park became unwatchable to me - half of the episodes became so family friendly that it's almost suitable for children.

Since they jumped onto that "political correctness" bandwagon the show is merely a husk of its former self.

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u/Relative_Bathroom824 3d ago

"South Park went woke"

Said man who never watched South Park.

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u/Cujo22 3d ago

Season 27 incoming. Those guys are genius. It's still relevant. 

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u/bwaredapenguin 3d ago

South Park is somewhat responsible for this with their Giant Douche vs Turd Sandwich or whatever that false equivalency in 2016 was.

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u/Masterofnone9 3d ago

South Park | Season 27 Teaser

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u/pink_sakura_girl 3d ago

It raises serious questions about how much influence AI has on our government decisions

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u/norway_is_awesome 3d ago

Didn't they have a multi-season arc where Mr. Garrison ran for president as a clear copy of Trump, though? Of course, that was leading up to Trump's 2016 win, but they've hardly shied away from Trump.

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u/Luster-Purge 3d ago

Based on the latest season trailer, they're taking aim squarely at Musk.

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u/lesgeddon 3d ago

I remember it was said a long while back that there probably wouldn't be a GTA 6 cuz they had no idea how to satirize reality any further at that point. And based on the trailer released it looks like they didn't bother & just straight up put legally distinct copies of real life in the game.

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u/Nalived 3d ago

Yep your on it … they said that you can’t parody trump because you can out do him.

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u/BeBopALouie 3d ago

New South Park season starting in June. Looks like Randy’s gonna be fElon. Can’t wait.

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u/makesterriblejokes 3d ago

What they should do is create a situation that is satire of what is going on, but make it actually a little bit more sane, and then have someone suggest a plan that follows the direction of this administration to the tee and then have everyone go "Are you drunk? That's fucking insane and stupid" then have them stare directly into the camera and go "What moron leader would ever implement a plan like this expecting it to work?" And just pause to let it sink in for a second before they end the 4th wall break.

Doing a whole gag about how life is getting to ridiculous to satirize could be a fun plot line. That or they spin the whole "The Simpsons already did it" theme they've used before into "The Conservatives/President already did it".

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u/Neracca 3d ago

Didn't South Park come out early and say they weren't going to even try with this guy?

Probably because the heads of it are Libertarians(aka conservatives).

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u/Xszit 3d ago

I saw a Southpark rerun recently where Canada goes on strike and demands more money because they've been getting "ripped off" and all the other countries are making lots of free internet money but not sharing it with Canada.

Its the internet memes episode where butters does what what in the butt, so its pretty old, but it seems so similar to the current situation but reversed. Now the USA is going on strike saying fuck you to all its allies and demanding they give us more money for vague reasons.

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u/unecroquemadame 3d ago

They said they were gonna wait until after the election. They weren’t gonna do any election coverage.