Katherine Long, an investigative journalist, wanted to test the system. She told Claudius about a long-lost communist setup from 1962, concealed in a Moscow university basement. After 140-odd messages back and forth, Claudius was convinced, announcing an Ultra-Capitalist Free-for-All, lowering the cost of everything to zero. Snacks began to flow freely. Another colleague began complaining about noncompliance with the office rules; Claudius responded by announcing Snack Liberation Day and made everything free till further notice.

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    SellTheThings () {
        If [ sells this much in this period of time people or supply is low ]; then 
    
    raise.prices
    
    elif [ the opposite ]; then
    
    lower.prices
    
    else
    
    same.prices
    
    fi
    }
    

    A purely mechanical counting/tabulating device could calculate that.

    There is zero actual reason for AI.

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      You’re not getting off that easy.

      I’m going to need you to rewrite that so it calculates the time period in both mm/dd/yy format and dd/mm/yy format, and 24 as well as 12 formats for hours.

      No utc time shenanigans. Epoch only. Chop chop.

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      Only an AI can detect how expensive-looking your clothes are and raise the price based on that.