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

2025 Septemberdmitrygr

About whether AI could combine thousands of photo frames into one better image.

Saying “ai” does not magically solve anything. Current best ML things can’t even solve medium difficulty calculus equations. We’re nowhere near them doing original work like understanding what’s in 1000 images, creating a world model out of that, and then rendering a better image of that world successfully without hallucinations.

AI understands 1000 images, builds a world model from them, and renders a better image without hallucinations.

Has this happened?

Yes 28 (26%)Not sure 46 (43%)No 32 (30%)

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