President Trump blamed AI, embraced doing so: Is it becoming the new ‘fake news’?

Blaming AI is an increasingly popular strategy for politicians seeking to dodge responsibility for something embarrassing – among others. AI isn’t a person, after all. It can’t leak or file suit. It does make mistakes, a credibility problem that makes it hard to determine fact from fiction in the age of mis- and disinformation.

And when truth is hard to discern, the untruthful benefit, analysts say. The phenomenon is widely known as “the liar’s dividend.”

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump endorsed the practice. Asked about viral footage showing…