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AI advice made people less accurate but more confident – sudy

SteadyVane has taken 4 readings of AI advice made people less accurate but more confident – sudy since Jul 19, 2026: 55 upvotes at the first reading, 338 at the latest (+283). Its biggest one-day gain was +283 on Jul 20, 2026.

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338

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338

latest upvotes

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first seen Jul 19, 2026 · last seen Jul 20, 2026 · published Jul 19, 2026

Day by day

Day (UTC)	upvotes	Change
Jul 20, 2026	338	+283
Jul 19, 2026	55	0

Each day's last reading. Change: against the day before (after days with no reading: since the last day that has one); the first day shows the change within that day.

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Featured on 1 day: July 20, 2026.

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