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90% of US working hours are spent on tasks not covered well by AI benchmarks

SteadyVane has taken 6 readings of 90% of US working hours are spent on tasks not covered well by AI… since Oct 16, 2026: 133 upvotes at the first reading, 552 at the latest (+419). Its biggest one-day gain was +213 on Oct 17, 2026.

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552

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552

latest upvotes

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first seen 20 h ago · last seen 54 min ago · published 22 h ago

Day by day

Day (UTC)	upvotes	Change
Oct 17, 2026	552	+213
Oct 16, 2026	339	+206

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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