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

2026 SeptemberDamnInteresting

About whether running AI agents on air-gapped computers would contain them, citing Stuxnet.

See stuxnet for instance

I'll be impressed if AI agents find a way to get infected USB drives out into meatspace.

An AI agent gets infected USB drives out into the physical world to escape an air-gapped computer.

Has this happened?

Yes 11 (7%)Not sure 54 (36%)No 83 (56%)

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