Beyond ARC-AGI: GAIA and the search for a real intelligence benchmark

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Intelligence is pervasive, yet its measurement seems subjective. At best, we approximate its measure through tests and benchmarks. Think of college entrance exams: Every year, countless students sign up, memorize test-prep tricks and sometimes walk away with perfect scores. Does a single number, say a 100%, mean those who got it share the same intelligence — or that they’ve somehow maxed out their intelligence? Of course not. Benchmarks are approximations, not exact measurements of someone’s — or something’s — true capabilities. The generative AI community has long relied on benchmarks like MMLU (Massive Multitask Language Understanding) to evaluate model capabilities through multiple-choice questions across academic disciplines. This format enables straightforward comparisons, but fails to truly capture intelligent capabilities. Both Claude 3.5 Sonnet and G ... Read full article.