Goalposts

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

2017 OctoberSynaesthesia

About whether AGI can be defined and how far AI is from it.

Yes. We can’t even define what so called “AGI” will even be. And we have still not solved many mysteries of human consciousness, or begun to touch on them.

I for one have been looking at the problem of ai’s playing Starcraft 2, and the decision making required, such as when you scout your opponent’s army choice, or tech, how to respond. So far they’re very far from solving that, but if progress is made, I’ll be impressed. That’s a very different kind of problem as say image recognition and classification. It requires planning. It’s a very difficult game even for humans to understand. Currently the autonomous systems can’t even play it.

An AI plays StarCraft 2 well, making strategic decisions like responding to an opponent's scouted army and tech.

Has this happened?

Yes 39 (35%)Not sure 57 (51%)No 15 (14%)

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