The week in stupidity — 2026-09-14 to 2026-09-20 (so far)
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stupidity index · stu watching prod burn
27 / 100
27% of the 620 items the feed collected this week were a fail, an outage or a confidently wrong human (last week: 54%). The agent had production access. Past tense on both.
by the numbers
| lane | items |
|---|---|
| AI Fails & Slop | 57 |
| AI Incidents & Outages | 31 |
| Confidently Wrong | 79 |
| Memes | 66 |
| AI Bubble & Money | 109 |
| Satire | 45 |
| AI News | 221 |
| Fact-checks | 12 |
Outage notices: 15 (OpenAI 7 · Anthropic 3 · Cursor 3 · GitHub 2) · Bubble Thermometer 15 → 15 (cool)
top five, by formula
Because that #meme of #NaomiKlein against Sam Altman is boosted again and again in my TL, I want to remind you that photos and quote are not real but #genAI. Sh
Because that #meme of #NaomiKlein against Sam Altman is boosted again and again in my TL, I want to remind you that photos and quote are not real but #genAI. She wrote about the fake in her newsletter: https://naomiklein…
Due to irrelevant nerdy reasons, I've spent some time handling Magic the Gathering cards the past few days, and I LOVED seeing artists credited clearly. Every.
Due to irrelevant nerdy reasons, I've spent some time handling Magic the Gathering cards the past few days, and I LOVED seeing artists credited clearly. Every. Single. Card. We are surrounded by illustrations and drawing…
the daily picks
- 2026-09-16 It feels particularly insulting to use AI to make art instruction r/aislop
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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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821 items over the last four weeks, by weekday and UTC hour; darker is busier (. : - = + * # % @ from quiet to loud). Counts, not judgement.