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AI Shortlist · Edition 1, 2027 travel year

South Dakota, USA in AI travel recommendations

US state · overall rank 166 of 233 · rank 45 among US state destinations

AI models put South Dakota, USA in their top 10 recommendations in 0.2% of answers, rank 166 overall. It does best when the question specifies transport as road trip: 2.5%, +2.3 points against its overall score. With web search on, it scores 0.0 points against web search off.

The score is the share of answers that recommend South Dakota, USA in their top 10, averaged model by model and then platform by platform, so each platform counts equally.

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By platform

PlatformScore
Claude0.0%
ChatGPT0.0%
Gemini0.8%
Grok0.0%

By model

ModelScore
Claude Opus 50.0%
Claude Sonnet 50.0%
Claude Haiku 4.50.0%
GPT-5.6 Terra0.0%
GPT-5.6 Luna0.0%
Gemini 3.8 Flash0.8%
Grok 4.60.0%

Web search and effort

South Dakota, USA · Edition 1, 2027 travel year

Unit: Shortlist score, percent of answers

South Dakota, USA with web search on and off, and at each model's lowest and normal effort setting.

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SettingSearch on / normal effortSearch off / lowest effort
Web search on vs off0.2%0.2%
Normal vs lowest effort0.0%0.4%

The repeated baseline question never put this destination in its top 10, so it has no repeat figure.

By kind of question

How much higher or lower the score is on questions that ask for each option, in percentage points against the overall score. Outlined cells are below the overall score.

Transport

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
Road trip
Change+2.3

Climate

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
Low Rain
Change+1.9

Travel style

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
Relaxation
Change+1.9

Travel party

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
Family
Change+1.4

Season

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
FallSummer
Change+1.2−0.2

Trip length

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
Two weeksWeekend
Change+0.8−0.2

How it's asked

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
Where should I go?OverratedUnderrated
Change0.0−0.2−0.2

How the models wrote the name

NameMentions
Mount Rushmore4
Black Hills and Badlands3
Black Hills2
Badlands–Black Hills Loop1
The Black Hills and Badlands1

South Dakota, USA

Most questions went to each model at each setting only once, and a model read the answers, so a reading can be wrong. The methodology has the details.

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