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

2022 Octoberec109685

About whether humans are good drivers, in a thread on Tesla dropping radar and ultrasonic sensors.

Humans are amazing at driving. We typically go millions of miles in a lifetime without causing any fatal vehicle crashes and can generally handle unknown situations just fine.

AI is nowhere near that.

An AI drives as safely as humans: millions of miles without a fatal crash, handling unknown situations fine.

Has this happened?

Yes 53 (40%)Not sure 34 (25%)No 47 (35%)

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