Goalposts

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

2019 FebruaryRetra

About whether GPT-2 tuned on movie subtitle dialogue could pass a proper Turing test.

A proper Turing test allows you to ask questions whose answers must indicate novel introspection, learning, and social awareness. It's absurd to think any computer system today would pass such a test.

An AI passes a Turing test whose questions require answers showing novel introspection, learning, and social awareness.

Has this happened?

Yes 61 (51%)Not sure 35 (29%)No 24 (20%)

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