Enterprise AI Analysis
Understanding and Benchmarking Artificial Intelligence: OpenAI's 03 Is Not AGI
This report analyzes OpenAI's 03 performance on the ARC-AGI benchmark, questioning its claims of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). It critiques ARC-AGI's suitability for measuring true intelligence and proposes a new, more comprehensive benchmark aligned with a refined definition of intelligence, focusing on the ability to solve diverse, unknown tasks with minimal prior knowledge, rather than reliance on massive computational trialling.
Executive Impact Summary
OpenAI's 03 achieves a high score (87.5%) on ARC-AGI, but our analysis reveals this success stems from extensive computational trialling and application of pre-defined operations, rather than genuine generalized intelligence. We argue that ARC-AGI, despite its intent, incentivizes skill-based optimization rather than true intelligence. Progress towards AGI requires a shift from massive data processing to an algorithm's ability to create new skills for unknown conditions, advocating for a new benchmark that tests adaptability across diverse, unpredictable 'worlds' with less prior knowledge.
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ARC-AGI 03 Score
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Progress on ARC-AGI since 2019 (Public)
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Defining Intelligence
ARC-AGI Limitations
Proposed New Benchmark
Explores the foundational debate on what constitutes intelligence, distinguishing between task-specific skills and the ability to generate new skills for previously unknown conditions, aligning with the No Free Lunch theorems. The paper argues for a definition of intelligence as the efficiency in achieving diverse goals in diverse, unknown worlds with minimal prior knowledge.
Analyzes the specific problem structure of ARC-AGI tasks, noting they are solvable via massive trialling of predefined operations rather than broad generalization. It highlights that the benchmark, while innovative, is susceptible to skill-based optimization and does not represent the diversity of real-world problems requiring true intelligence.
Outlines the need for a new intelligence benchmark that transcends current limitations. It suggests testing AI approaches on randomly generated worlds with diverse, unknown tasks and measuring efficiency in achieving goals with minimal prior knowledge. This aims to foster development of genuine AGI that can create new skills, not just apply existing ones.
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OpenAI's 03 Score on ARC-AGI Semi-Private Set
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| Feature | ARC-AGI (Current) | Proposed Benchmark |
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| Problem Type | Specific grid transformations | Diverse, unknown tasks in varied worlds |
| Solution Method | Massive trialling of predefined ops | Skill generation for unknown conditions |
| Knowledge Required | Limited 'core knowledge' | Minimal, adapts to world's regularities |
| Computational Cost | High for 'trialling' success | Efficiency in skill creation |
| Goal | High score on fixed test set | Broad generalization across diverse worlds |
03's Approach: Compute vs. Cognition
OpenAI's 03 achieved its high ARC-AGI score through extensive computational trialling, estimated at $346,000 USD. This method, while effective for ARC-AGI's specific problem structure, is not indicative of true AGI. For real-world problems where pre-defined operations are absent and massive testing is impossible, this 'brute-force' approach falls short. Our analysis posits that this represents advanced skill application, not generalized intelligence.
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Implementation Roadmap
Our proposed roadmap focuses on fostering genuine AGI development by shifting the benchmark's focus from skill-based performance to adaptive intelligence.
Phase 1: Defining Diverse Worlds
Develop a framework for generating procedurally diverse, regular worlds (e.g., Mars simulation, gas planet simulation) that challenge AI without prior human-defined skills. Focus on variable physics, causality, and dimensions.
Phase 2: Task Generation & Evaluation Metrics
Create systems to generate unknown goals within these worlds. Define robust metrics for assessing agent intelligence based on efficiency, diversity of goals achieved, and knowledge economy, moving beyond simple 'correctness'.
Phase 3: Iterative Benchmark Development
Implement an initial version of the benchmark, allowing for continuous refinement based on AI advancements. Ensure the benchmark remains universal and resistant to 'Goodhart's Law' by constantly introducing novel, unpredictable challenges.
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