This AI is Capable of Passing a 12th Grade Science Test

Researchers at the Allen Institute for Bogus Intelligence have come up with an AI that is capable of scoring more than 90 percentage in eighth-grade multiple-choice science test and more than 80 percent in the 12th-grade science test.

Dubbed Aristo, the AI was field of study to the New York Regents Science Examination, which is a standardized test in New York. Notwithstanding, the AI was exempted from solving problems having diagrams in it.

The questions asked in the above-mentioned test involves applying conceptual reasoning to arrive at the answers and are non simply straightforward but the AI manages to pass the examination. "The language model will have captured statistical associations between words that allow it to answer the question without any real agreement whatsoever," says Melanie Mitchell, professor of computer science at Portland State University.

Notably, Aristo managed to score a mere 60 percentage on a similar eighth-form scientific discipline examination back in 2016. This clearly depicts how fast advancements in AI are occurring, especially in terms of efficiency and performance.

"A machine that has fully understood a textbook should not only exist able to reply the multiple selection questions at the terminate of the chapter—it should besides be able to generate both short and long answers to direct questions; it should be able to perform constructive tasks, and it should be able to learn directly from an expert who tin identify and correct the machine'due south misunderstandings.", notes the authors in the research paper.

While all these sound interesting and heady, AI can't friction match the human-level of intelligence but because it managed to pass a scientific discipline exam and will not be smarter than the bodily human kids taking the same test, at least every bit of now. However, it is indeed a step in the right direction as far as AI'south capability is concerned.

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