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

2026 Februaryroxolotl

About AI answering whether to walk or drive to a car wash 50 meters away.

To call something AI it’s very reasonable to assume it’ll be actually intelligent and respond to trick questions successfully by either getting that it’s a joke/trick or by clarifying.

An AI handles trick questions by recognizing the joke or trick, or by asking for clarification.

Has this happened?

Yes 81 (55%)Not sure 39 (27%)No 26 (18%)

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