About why chatbots have struggled to live up to the hype.
Has this happened?
Yes 90 (73%)Not sure 20 (16%)No 13 (11%)
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 why chatbots have struggled to live up to the hype.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
Unless chatbots pass the Turing Test they'll be perceived as a poor UX solution vs human interaction. I see them useful in chatops tho. We techies like automation, even if it's dumb, but non technical users expect much more...