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The Price of Intelligence Is Falling Rapidly

SteadyVane has taken 30 readings of The Price of Intelligence Is Falling Rapidly since Sep 23, 2026: 22 upvotes at the first reading, 81 at the latest (+59). Its biggest one-day gain was +55 on Sep 23, 2026.

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first seen Sep 23, 2026 · last seen Sep 28, 2026 · published Sep 23, 2026

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Day (UTC)	upvotes	Change
Sep 28, 2026	81	0
Sep 27, 2026	81	0
Sep 26, 2026	81	0
Sep 25, 2026	81	0
Sep 24, 2026	81	+4
Sep 23, 2026	77	+55

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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