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

2023 DecemberButtons840

About whether the Turing test turned out to be a bad metric for AI.

What's wrong with the Turing test? Has any AI passed it?

Note, the Turing test is not giving people 5 minutes to exchange, what, maybe 2 or 3 messages with an AI and then guess.

The Turing test is putting 2 people in a chat, and the 3rd participant is an AI. Give all three an hour or more to chat and offer a reward if they guess correctly to ensure incentives are aligned.

I ask again. Has any AI passed the Turing test?

An AI passes a Turing test where it chats for an hour or more with two humans who are rewarded for spotting it.

Has this happened?

Yes 42 (34%)Not sure 48 (39%)No 33 (27%)

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