The week in stupidity — 2026-08-03 to 2026-08-09
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stupidity index · stu cringing at the slop
44 / 100
44% of the 9 items the feed collected this week were a fail, an outage or a confidently wrong human (last week: 36%). The model is 95% sure. The remaining 5% is the answer.
by the numbers
| lane | items |
|---|---|
| AI Fails & Slop | 1 |
| AI Incidents & Outages | 3 |
| AI Bubble & Money | 3 |
| AI News | 2 |
Outage notices: 1 (Perplexity 1) · Bubble Thermometer: no reading this week
top five, by formula
OK, Well, Rogue AI Agents Are Hacking Again
OK, Well, Rogue AI Agents Are Hacking Again WIRED
Opinion | Do You Know Who Pays if Your AI Agent Goes Rogue?
Opinion | Do You Know Who Pays if Your AI Agent Goes Rogue? WSJ
NVDA stock rises 3% as AI infrastructure demand lifts sentiment
NVDA stock rises 3% as AI infrastructure demand lifts sentiment eciks.org
3 AI Infrastructure Stocks That Could Make You Rich in August
3 AI Infrastructure Stocks That Could Make You Rich in August 247wallst.com
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The Stupidity Index is the share of the week's items in the fails, incidents and confidently-wrong lanes; the top five use the Hall of Fails formula: lane weight × log(engagement + 5 × 🔥) × thumbnail bonus. Other weeks · how this site works.
promises due in the next two weeks
- 2026-09-30 OpenAI: An intern-level automated AI researcher exists by September 2026; a fully autonomous AI researcher by 2028. — Sam Altman, CEO, and Jakub Pachocki, chief scientist, 2025-10-28 · source ↗
The ledger keeps the date; the date arrives either way. all promises · calendar
when the internet is most stupid
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2450 items over the last four weeks, by weekday and UTC hour; darker is busier (. : - = + * # % @ from quiet to loud). Counts, not judgement.