About having AI chatbots ask clarifying questions instead of just answering.
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Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
Hacker News has set AI a lot of challenges over the years. Which ones has it met?
About having AI chatbots ask clarifying questions instead of just answering.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
I agree, medical history is probably not the sexiest reason to have AI ask questions. I think there are many more reasons; I think the Turing Test is the best metric to evaluate AIs, and current models come nowhere close. When people first meet they ask questions about their background. It would be nice if a model replicated that