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

2023 Januarysquidbot

About whether AI program generation like ChatGPT threatens software developers' jobs.

I feel pretty secure in my job until ChatGPT can write itself. Once it can improve on itself, then I'll be really worried.

An AI like ChatGPT writes and improves on itself.

Has this happened?

Yes 44 (34%)Not sure 32 (24%)No 55 (42%)

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