Ask HN: Can anyone name anything new that AI has done?

Posted by SamInTheShell on Friday November 13, 2026 @09:53AM
from the ask-hn dept.

We're 2 years into this. Still looking for something that an AI did all by itself that is actually new. Everything I've seen so far still involves a human sussing out the new thing or the model is just aggregating data that is already there from disconnected sources that never got tied together.

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Re:Ask HN: Can anyone name anything new that AI has done? by win311fwg on Friday November 13, 2026 @09:55AM (#50484463)

That's AI for ya. What you are looking for is AGI and that we do not yet have.

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Re:Ask HN: Can anyone name anything new that AI has done? by SamInTheShell on Friday November 13, 2026 @10:01AM (#50484552)

Maybe someone shows up, makes a solid case for something new, and surprises us. There's still people out there claiming it can, so I'm going to keep asking this every month until someone wows me or the topic dies at a societal level.

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Re:Ask HN: Can anyone name anything new that AI has done? by scosman on Friday November 13, 2026 @09:59AM (#50484518)

https://github.com/openai/math among many others

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Re:Ask HN: Can anyone name anything new that AI has done? by iugtmkbdfil834 on Friday November 13, 2026 @10:00AM (#50484528)

Yep, it is all over. Nihil novi and all that. It it is totally pointless. No sane person uses AI. Can you step a little closer over there? Don't worry. It is totally not a trap.

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Re:Ask HN: Can anyone name anything new that AI has done? by krapp on Friday November 13, 2026 @10:02AM (#50484566)

It created a novel form of psychosis.

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Re:Ask HN: Can anyone name anything new that AI has done? by SamInTheShell on Friday November 13, 2026 @10:04AM (#50484604)

We already had that. Did everyone forget about QAnon?

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