Goalposts

Hacker News has set AI a lot of challenges over the years. Which ones has it met?

2016 Marchundersuit

About sponsored content in journalism and whether AI could detect hidden ads.

I would then declare AI to have passed a turing test. To be able to understand the nuance and have an opinion on what is an advertisement? That's smarts.

AI recognizes and removes advertisements from articles, even when they are placed inline in the running text.

Has this happened?

Yes 54 (47%)Not sure 43 (37%)No 18 (16%)

Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.