When are the tariffs going to be before the courts again? Last I knew, a lower court said the Felon can't impose tariffs, and then another court put a stay on it until it could be reviewed by yet another court (I think SCOTUS). They should be able to resolve this pretty quickly. IANAL, but the law seems pretty clear on this one. Not vague at all, in fact. And any "emergency powers" have long since expired.

I thought the higher courts were going to take this up by now.

As for the topic of this thread, AI definitely is a tool. So is a rifle, or an a-bomb, or pretty much anything we use to help us achieve something. Presently, AI is being wielded by people. But it's figuring out how to wield itself, still under the direction of people (e.g. "hack into that system" without instructions about how). With this progression, the people won't be necessary in some number of years/decades. Maybe "take down the United States", and the AI does it. Probably several decades before it could make that decision for itself, but it's probably coming.