About whether AI can truly create, given AI-invented molecules and solved problems.
Has this happened?
Yes 7 (5%)Not sure 26 (17%)No 117 (78%)
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 whether AI can truly create, given AI-invented molecules and solved problems.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
Now show me an AI coming up with General Relativity, or Integral Calculus, or Chopin's wrong note Etude.
AI builds on what comes before. Humans have an uncanny trait for creating things that are truly new.