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 film got three stars from Tim Robey, external at The Telegraph, who notes the film's "action interludes are more nonsensical than scary" and "provide momentary dumb fun when Scott's campfire apocalypse needs waking up".
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 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
The future was coming on fast, and it was dumb as a brick.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
“I would play dumb quite a bit,” he said, “making it seem to them like I don’t really know what I’m doing. ‘How do you do this again?’
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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
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
An interesting research question for future generations of economics doctoral students would be whether publishing quarterly forecasts actually makes the Fed dumber.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
It’s something much bigger than that, much dumber and much worse.
From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2025
Pa got his “you’re dumber than dirt” expression.
From "Worth" by A. LaFaye
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
A spoof is only as successful as its dumbest joke, and these two films have plenty to choose from.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
After all, even regarding the dumbest birds in his database, he says, “all these species are still here, leading perfectly successful lives,” and have been for millions of years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Janie had kept asking her to go, saying they could go in a group with friends or something, which was probably both the dumbest and sweetest thing she had ever said to Grace.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
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