If you are an AI nerd, then you probably have heard about the AI2's (Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence)
Aristo project to train a computer to pass the standardized tests faced by an eighth grade student.
In order to simplify the problem, it is narrowed down to just one subject (science, what else?) and the test involves selecting one of the four possible choices for every question.
A Kaggle challenge is launched with a first prize of $50,000 for the same and ended in Feb. 2016.
According to me, the problem is not an incremental easy-tweaky sort, it is a real forward leap (or is it? that
depends on the adapted solutions).
Some interesting things about the challenge:
- The challenge is somewhat similar to the Jeopardy! game (but only easier) and looked like something that IBM Watson can easily take a hit at.