Goalposts

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

2023 January_Algernon_

About whether a GPT-3-like model trained on astronomy research could answer open cosmology questions.

GPT3 cant even play tic tac toe properly (at least in my attempts). What makes you believe it can build and manipulate a model of the universe, and then answer questions about that model in a way that goes beyond what humans can do?

An AI language model plays tic-tac-toe properly.

Has this happened?

Yes 85 (72%)Not sure 26 (22%)No 7 (6%)

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