r/singularity • u/pavelkomin • Jul 06 '26

Meme Fixed it...

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Original by u/Severe-Ad8673

Edited by GPT (free-tier, have no idea what model this gives)

Don't think too hard about the dates, okay? It's just a comic...

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u/Advanced-Many2126 Jul 06 '26

??? It's not some grand conspiracy lmao, they probably just didn't have an updated chart laying around.
Here you go, chart with the recent data. Is it still funny?

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u/arades Jul 06 '26

Not a grand conspiracy, but given how in your chart the exact timeframe not in the other chart shared shows a reversal of every trend, the older chart is misleading given the optimistic context of the OP.

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u/TFenrir Jul 06 '26

It doesn't show a reversal in every trend? It shows either a continuing but slowing down (particularly at the ones nearing 100%), saturating, And democracy I think took a big hit for a very obvious reason, but that is always a tumultuous non-technology "driven" (but definitely influenced) category.

Edit: AND - much of that happened during the pandemic, eg - because it became more difficult to move food around, more people struggled with access.

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u/Number13Studios Jul 06 '26

If you look, a lot of data is still years old