Goalposts

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

2026 Aprilndsipa_pomu

About whether AI should help design broad-spectrum "everything vaccines".

AI can't even provide sensible health advice, so I certainly wouldn't want a vaccine designed by AI unless it's been tested substantially.

AI provides sensible health advice.

Has this happened?

Yes 73 (61%)Not sure 19 (16%)No 28 (23%)

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