About whether intelligent game characters deserve any moral consideration.
Has this happened?
Yes 82 (68%)Not sure 23 (19%)No 15 (12%)
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 whether intelligent game characters deserve any moral consideration.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
Put it this way: if we ever do create AIs that can (for want of a better yardstick) pass the Turing Test reliably, someone somewhere will stick them in a computer game for people to shoot at them. Sit and think about the philosophical implications of that for a minute.