About why AI needs MCP if it is smart enough to write API clients itself.
Has this happened?
Yes 87 (76%)Not sure 13 (11%)No 14 (12%)
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 why AI needs MCP if it is smart enough to write API clients itself.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
Question three is what hits the nail on the head about how this “AI revolution” isn’t as robust as often claimed.
If it was truly intelligent it could reason about things like API specifications without any precursors or shared structure, but it can’t.
Are LLMs powerful? Yes. Is current “AI” simply a re-brand of machine learning? IMO, also yes