Goalposts

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

2022 Februaryensan

About DeepMind's AlphaCode solving competitive programming problems.

Wake me up when an AI creates an operating system on the same level of functionality as early-years Linux.

An AI creates an operating system as functional as early Linux.

Has this happened?

Yes 29 (23%)Not sure 36 (28%)No 63 (49%)

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