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

2023 FebruaryWoodenChair

About whether humans are just more advanced next-word predictors, as Bing chat is said to be.

Well I can catch a frisbee and drive a car. When the same ANN can do all of those things (not 3 loosely coupled ones), then I’ll be worried. Being human is so much more than putting words in a meaningful order. [0]

0: https://www.noemamag.com/ai-and-the-limits-of-language/

A single neural network, not loosely coupled parts, can catch a frisbee, drive a car, and use language.

Has this happened?

Yes 11 (9%)Not sure 14 (12%)No 91 (78%)

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