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Re:Elevated error rate across multiple models by deaton on Tuesday June 23, 2026 @10:51AM (#48645941)
With atrophy to our not-AI ability to do things
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Re:Elevated error rate across multiple models by dpedu on Tuesday June 23, 2026 @10:54AM (#48645990)
I don't buy it. Literacy rates have been increasing even after the invention of text to speech.
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Re:Elevated error rate across multiple models by DaSHacka on Tuesday June 23, 2026 @10:56AM (#48646011)
> Literacy rates have been increasing

uh

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/09/whats-driving...

https://literacybuffalo.org/2025/01/23/adult-literacy-rates-...

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Re:Elevated error rate across multiple models by dpedu on Tuesday June 23, 2026 @11:02AM (#48646112)
Both articles use 2017 as the turning point date. TTS is a lot older than that. It's not difficult to find data to fit the desired point if you choose a narrow enough time range. Or location selectivity - both of those are just about the United States.

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/cross-country-literacy-ra...

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