Goalposts

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

2016 AugustGrue3

About the claim that AI is always less impressive than claimed.

I'd be impressed if an "AI" could simply passably translate a natural non-Indo-European language to English.

An AI passably translates a natural non-Indo-European language into English.

Has this happened?

Yes 94 (73%)Not sure 32 (25%)No 3 (2%)

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