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Button-pushing explorers: How to grasp that AI agents can do amazing things while knowing nothing

  • Written by Ji Y. Son, Professor of Psychology, California State University, Los Angeles
imageThe simple process of taking an action, assessing what happens and adjusting can lead to smart-seeming behavior.Westend61 via Getty Images

The nonprofit ARC Prize Foundation on May 1, 2026, released the results of a new benchmark: a test of an AI system’s ability to solve a game. The results were striking – humans scored 100%, while the...

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