About how close computers are to true conversational ability.
Has this happened?
Yes 70 (59%)Not sure 22 (19%)No 26 (22%)
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 how close computers are to true conversational ability.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
This article is about revolutionary technology that we all expect will show up at some point, but when that will happen is uncertain. I don't think we're all that close to true conversational computing -- I think that would herald the dawn of true AI and we're nowhere near that. How close are we to quantum computing? Hype stories about quantum computing were a regular fixture for the better part of a decade but I haven't read one in a while. Are we significantly closer or did progress flatline?