About what the next concrete AI milestone should be after AlphaGo beat Go.
Has this happened?
Yes 62 (49%)Not sure 7 (6%)No 57 (45%)
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
Hacker News has set AI a lot of challenges over the years. Which ones has it met?
About what the next concrete AI milestone should be after AlphaGo beat Go.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
I still think the classic Turing test needs to be beaten. And not by 33% of the testers thinking the applicant is a barely literate and scatterbrained Russian teenager. No, it should be able to carry on a conversation indistinguishable from an educated, well spoken, English as first language speaking adult with curiosity and personality. Thereby fooling 100% of the testers.
Or barring that an AI that can perform valuable services that allow it to pay for its own server costs. Thereby making it grown up and gotten a job.