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

2026 Septemberbutterisgood

About whether GPT-6 Astra counts as AGI or the term is being redefined.

People need to stop redefining and trying to capture the term AGI. None of this is AGI. Not even close. Can it do things an AGI could do? Yeah some of it, but the difference really matters. These things still regularly fail, and gaslight about answers to questions like "how many r's in strawberry" or "s's in espresso".

An AGI wouldn't struggle with that.

AI no longer regularly fails or gaslights on questions like how many r's are in "strawberry" or s's in "espresso".

Has this happened?

Yes 52 (49%)Not sure 23 (21%)No 32 (30%)

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