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The researchers applied this test time training approach to an 8-billion-parameter language model and achieved a 53% accuracy on the ARC public validation set, improving the state-of-the-art by nearly 25%. The ARC benchmark is a challenging test of artificial general intelligence (AGI), where the average human score is around 60%.

Challenging the Assumption of Symbolic Components

The researchers' findings challenge the assumption that symbolic components are strictly necessary for solving complex reasoning tasks. Instead, they suggest that the critical factor may be the allocation of proper computational resources during test time, regardless of whether these resources are deployed through symbolic or neural mechanisms.

Implications for Scaling AI Systems

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