On: Pledge signed by President Trump and top AI leaders misspells the United States

[rsynnott]

The people, we are told, have had enough of experts. Maybe the theory is that performative incompetence is appealing?

Or maybe Trump’s just unable to get competent people to work for him; that kinda tracks too.

[mmooss → rsynnott]

> performative incompetence is appealing?

I've wondered about that. Similarly, it's disruptive to the authority of the courts, judicial system, etc. It shows contempt.