# AI World Clocks

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/ai-world-clocks/

5 people recommended AI World Clocks in Hacker News comments, 3 had mixed feelings and 5 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 12 months, in 1 thread. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

5 of the 5 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “AI World Clocks”.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a fun, funny benchmark for comparing how AI models draw clocks. Critics say many clocks render incorrectly, are inaccurate, or break on Firefox.

Summary written by Claude from 12 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Fun, funny benchmark of AI models (3 comments in the sample): "It's stupid, enlightening… funny and profound and the same time." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45933597)) "This is an awesome benchmark. Officially one of my favorites now." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45934903)) "It was a fun game until I got to the prompt" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45931802))
- Useful for tracking new models (2 comments in the sample): "That's super neat. I'll keep checking back to this site as new models are released." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45936478)) "I find that pretty useful" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45932950))

## What people warn about

- Clocks render incorrectly or break (3 comments in the sample): "those clocks are all extremely inaccurate, even if AI could build a decent UI (which is not the case" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45930945)) "not a single clock renders correctly, almost looks like a joke on LLMs" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45932459)) "obviously they're all broken on firefox" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45932654))
- Doubts about honesty and curation (2 comments in the sample): "this is a website that takes the straight output of AI and serves it for execution on their website" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45931747)) "I'm having a hard time believing this site is honest" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45933315))

## Other AI benchmarks people recommend

- [Artificial Analysis](https://hackerapproved.com/p/artificial-analysis/): 47 recommend, 9 mixed, 40 criticize
- [LMArena](https://hackerapproved.com/p/lmarena/): 21 recommend, 15 mixed, 36 criticize
- [ARC-AGI](https://hackerapproved.com/p/arc-agi-3/): 10 recommend, 10 mixed, 23 criticize
- [Bullshit Benchmark](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bullshit-benchmark/): 9 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "AI World Clocks", https://hackerapproved.com/p/ai-world-clocks/ (5 recommend, 3 mixed, 5 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.