Artificial intelligence scored better than 75% of Americans in standard intelligence test that measures abstract reasoning

Briefing

Artificial intelligence scored better than 75% of Americans in standard intelligence test that measures abstract reasoning

February 28, 2017

Briefing

  • Smarter Than Most Humans – Northwestern University developed artificial intelligence that performed within 75th percentile of U.S. adults in standard visual reasoning test
  • Raven’s Progressive Matrices – Non-verbal standard intelligence test measures fluid intelligence, or ability to think abstractly, analyze patterns, and solve problems
  • Similar Experience – Found some problems difficult, which humans deemed hard as well
  • Based on Earlier Model – Based on CogSketch, AI platform that can understand sketches and solve visual problems
  • Potential Implication – Showed artificial intelligence can potentially reach human-level cognition in seeing and understanding the world

Accelerator

Sector

Information Technology

Organization

Northwestern University

Source

Original Publication Date

January 20, 2017

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