Goalposts

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

2019 Julysneak

About California's law banning bots from posing as real people without disclosure.

Bots are communications tools configured and deployed by human beings, at least until they can pass the Turing Test.

Human beings have human rights to express themselves however they wish.

A bot passes the Turing Test.

Has this happened?

Yes 102 (72%)Not sure 26 (18%)No 13 (9%)

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