AI scores higher than the average person on standard test

Artificial intelligence can now outperform humans on a standard intelligence test. A new computational model scores within the 75th percentile, better than the average person, on a test known as Raven's Progressive Matrices. Researchers say this demonstrates that it can take on abstract visual reasoning tasks, and is a major step toward AI that can see and understand the world the way we do. Using Raven's Progressive Matrices, a nonverbal standardized test that measures abstract reasoning, the team found that their model is not only on par with humans, but performs better than many. In this example, participants choose which shape should come next in the sequence.