Why “Human” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
> For a human vs human game sure but at the very top level? No of course not because it's all done by AI. Glad that you finally agree,this is what I was saying the whole time. >…
by merelydev · Sep 26, 2026
I’ve been looking at CFAA and I don’t see any evidence of intent (by a human at least, which is all that matters in the law). It’s an interesting edge case that I think the exis…
by theptip · Sep 26, 2026
We indeed lack much of the vocabulary. From a practical perspective, however dangerous the creation, if you cant punish the creation for what it does it leaves only the one who…
by 6510 · Sep 26, 2026
I'm actually the most innovative, I've written thousands of papers advancing the state of human knowledge. They're just in my basement and I don't show anyone.
by broodbucket · Sep 26, 2026
In Adrian Tchaikovsky's "Children Of Time", there's a generation ship wandering space that's a marvel of human engineering, whose inhabitants are getting dumber every generation…
by m_fayer · Sep 26, 2026
Isn't almost the enrire world human communication from the perspective of an AI agent? The rules of their task forbade influencing humans, they seemed to follow that to the poin…
by Lerc · Sep 26, 2026
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Humans are the most abundant and widespread species of primates, characterized by bipedalism, minimal body hair, and large, complex brains enabling the development of advanced technology, culture, and language. Humans are highly social beings and tend to live in complex social structures composed of many cooperating and competing groups, from families and kinship networks to political states. Social interactions between humans have established a wide variety of values, social norms, and rituals, which bolster human society. Curiosity and the human desire to understand and influence the environment have motivated humanity's development of science, philosophy, religion, mythology, and other fields of knowledge. Read more on Wikipedia