dumb
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He said that AI critics have been called “bad, dumb and evil” but “the last week has shown we’re none of them.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
The dumb conscripts are given instant gratification and money.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
"I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb - and I'm not blonde either."
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Even as propaganda, it was pretty dumb — never discounting for currency fluctuation, alternative sourcing or domestic capacity increases, to name a few counterindicators.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026
But then Tony would tell her one of his dumb jokes.
From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis
Advertising student Catalina Cruz, 19, thinks AI is "making us dumber" because "people aren't able to think for themselves any more".
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
As machines get smarter, kids are getting dumber.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
My anxiety about A.I. is not that it will make my job obsolete but that it will make me a little dumber.
From Slate ● May 24, 2026
That didn’t stop him from getting dumber ever since.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2026
I never new before that I was dumber than a mouse.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
Changing views: It’s worth noting that a decade ago he called burning fossil fuels “the dumbest experiment in history,” warning they would eventually run out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Collectively, they stand as a blunt reminder that war, the dumbest and most vicious human invention, occurs in time and space.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
The dumbest phrase in military history is Adolf Hitler saying “Let’s attack Russia in the winter.”
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026
NBA legend Charles Barkley branded the San Antonio Spurs "the dumbest basketball team in the history of civilisation" after the New York Knicks pulled off the biggest comeback in NBA Finals history.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
He was pretty sure it was the dumbest idea in the world, but he crossed the alley and took the sweaty counselor with him.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
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