SwagBench ranks 222 pieces of AI company merch with a deadpan benchmark
demian_ai · x · 2026-11-02
Developer Dylan (@demianai) launched SwagBench, a parody project that applies rigorous benchmark methodology to AI and dev tooling company swag, ranking 222 items.
- Items are scored on Wearability (W) vs. Status (S), out of 40, and sorted into quadrants like GRAIL FIT, TROPHY NOT CLOTHING, and WHY DOES THIS EXIST
- Top of the leaderboard: OpenAI DevDay 2026 clear ModRetro Chromatic handheld (34/40, 'trophy, not clothing') and the Navier-Stokes milestone tee; Anthropic's 'thinking' cap ranks #3 with eBay resales at $50-$100
- Other entries: Nebius x Crocs, an Nvidia pixel-art Jensen sweater, Tesla's $69.420 S3XY Short Shorts, an Anduril motorcycle helmet
- The project includes a Pareto drip frontier and OLS fit (R²=0.01) for maximum deadpan effect
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