The Invincible
The Invincible by Stanisław Lemby Stanisław Lem
Shares rank 108 of 179 science fiction novels by recommenders
People recommend it as a terrifying story about the endgame of an AI arms race, and as a nice novel on a similar concept.
People recommend it as a terrifying story about the endgame of an AI arms race, and as a nice novel on a similar concept.
4 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 4
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 4 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
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Why people recommend it
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Terrifying story about AI arms race
“There's a great and terrifying story by Stanislaw Lem about the endgame of an AI arms race”
Comment from 4 Sep 2026 in “Discovery of a new OpenAI agent message board” Nice novel on similar concept
“"The_Invincible" from Stanisław Lem is also a nice novel about the similar concept.”
Comment from 5 May 2026 in “I'm Scared About Biological Computing”
Other science fiction novels people recommend
The four most recommended other science fiction novels, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Project Hail Maryby Andy Weir | 117 | 24 | 83% | 12 | — | Approved |
| There Is No Antimemetics Divisionby qntm | 98 | 34 | 74% | 9 | 1.5 yrs6 owners | Approved |
| Blindsightby Peter Watts | 96 | 27 | 78% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Duneby Frank Herbert | 82 | 25 | 77% | 12 | — | Approved |
| The Invincibleby Stanisław LemThis page | 4 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
3 of the 4 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“There's a great and terrifying story by Stanislaw Lem about the endgame of an AI arms race”
“"The_Invincible" from Stanisław Lem is also a nice novel about the similar concept.”
“have all done really well if not been hits”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.