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When robots can't riddle: What puzzles reveal about the depths of our own minds
AI runs unfathomable operations on billions of lines of text, handling problems that humans can't dream of solving – but you can probably still trounce them at brain teasers.
AI runs unfathomable operations on billions of lines of text, handling problems that humans can't dream of solving – but you can probably still trounce them at brain teasers. For a recent study (available in preprint), Ilievski and his colleagues developed a computer program that generates original rebus problems, puzzles that use combinations of pictures, symbols and letters to represent words or phrases. AI solves classic riddles like "what has keys but can't open locks" with ease – but the answer is probably in the training data (Credit: Estudio Santa Rita)
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