The Jackass Trophy · №4
Numbered honours for service to the discourse. The mythology compounds.
THE SEPARATE ENTITY — Air Canada
For arguing, in tribunal, that its chatbot was “a separate legal entity that is responsible for its own actions.” The tribunal said no.
Moffatt v. Air Canada · 2024 · $650.88
THE $134B ASK — Elon Musk
Asked a court for $134,000,000,000 and left with a dismissal. An advisory jury — and Judge Gonzalez Rogers — found his claims time-barred. He’s appealing.
Musk v. Altman · verdict 18 May 2026 · on appeal
THE HALLU- CINATION — The Lawyers, Plural
Whose AI hallucinated the case citations they then filed — in an actual AI lawsuit. Sanctions, where imposed, were also real.
various dockets · 2025–26 · as reported