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

2026 Mayjaccola

About whether any LLM-written novel is worth recommending.

It can’t even write a passable novel… if you know of a great LLM-authored novel I should read please point me to it and I’ll take your recommendation!

An AI writes a novel good enough that a skeptical reader would recommend reading it.

Has this happened?

Yes 26 (19%)Not sure 29 (21%)No 84 (60%)

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