> Can someone explain how it in any way indicates how close we are to "AGI"?
replyI think it is historical name. At some point when benchmarking was very undeveloped, this was targeting abstract reasoning and generalization, hence AGI.
the problems are general and abstract, domain specific knowledge and memorization don't help. Figuring out the rules, the goal, the controls, and how to solve in a reasonable budget all indicate some level of general ability.
replySo basically they're well suited for like, an octopus or a crow?
replyI was thinking about those species earlier in the context of, what does intelligence mean outside of language.
The benchmark appears to be testing the same thing. Although I don't know how much transfer there would be between this data set and the kind of situations a crow or an octopus would encounter.
Edit: Huh, it's just a Game boy game? I just did a couple of the tasks. It looks like C64 era game to me. Navigating levels. A lot of overlap with animal intelligence then.