About Copilot agent PRs on Microsoft's repos and whether AI can fix real GitHub issues.
Has this happened?
Yes 99 (84%)Not sure 8 (7%)No 11 (9%)
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 Copilot agent PRs on Microsoft's repos and whether AI can fix real GitHub issues.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
Not make a buggy commit into software not used by nobody and reviewed by an intern.
If it can't even make a decent commit into software nobody uses, how can it ever do it for something even more complex?
And no, you don't need to review it with an intern...
can the machine solve minor (but non-trivial) issues listed on github in an efficient way with minimal guidance
I'm sorry but the only way this is even a question is if you never used AI in the real world.
Anyone with a modicum of common sense would tell you immediately: it cannot.
You can't even keep it "sane" in a small conversation, let alone using tons of context to accomplish non-trivial tasks.