WEEK OF 2026-06-22
denial, arsonist_firefighter, jobs_will_be_created, augmentation_fantasy
Jensen Huang — 90/100 Cope Score
"complete nonsense" — Huang's dismissal of documented AI-driven job losses
Cope of the Week Archive
Every Monday we crown the week's most copium-laden article. Here's the hall of shame.
WEEK OF 2026-06-15
deflection, elite_self_exoneration, timeline_minimisation
Satya Nadella — 78/100 Cope Score
"You need to give them identities, you need to give them sandboxes, then you need to set policies to..."
WEEK OF 2026-06-08
denial, false_reassurance, arsonist_firefighter, techno_optimism
Sam Altman — 97/100 Cope Score
"AI is unlikely to trigger the large-scale 'jobs apocalypse' many feared"
WEEK OF 2026-06-01
denial, deflection, elite_self_exoneration, arsonist_firefighter
Jensen Huang — 94/100 Cope Score
"I think the narrative that connects AI to job loss for many of the CEOs that are doing it is just too lazy."
WEEK OF 2026-05-25
denial, jobs_will_be_created, techno_optimism, false_reassurance, elite_self_exoneration
Marc Andreessen — 92/100 Cope Score
"'AI job loss' narratives are all fake," and the industry would facilitate a "massive jobs boom" because it allows individual workers to be "endlessly...
WEEK OF 2026-05-18
terminal_copium, techno_optimism, arsonist_firefighter, false_reassurance, elite_self_exoneration**
Elon Musk — 92/100 Cope Score
"Don't worry about squirreling money away for retirement in 10 or 20 years... It won't matter... [AI will bring about a world of] zero...
WEEK OF 2026-05-11
arsonist_firefighter, timeline_minimisation, deflection, elite_self_exoneration
Jensen Huang — 74/100 Cope Score
"It is unlikely most people will lose a job to AI. It is most likely that most people will lose their job to somebody who uses AI. And so we have to make sure that everybody uses AI."