About an experiment where GPT 5.6 Sol ran a real business and lost money.
Has this happened?
Yes 83 (64%)Not sure 28 (22%)No 18 (14%)
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 an experiment where GPT 5.6 Sol ran a real business and lost money.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
Obviously, one of the key difficulties for an AI to operate a real-world entity right now is that it can't even fully control a browser. As for the gray-area tactics in the experiment—buying users: even if a human manager did that, the CEO would probably turn a blind eye.