What is IQ — and how much does it matter? - Science News …
Oct 13, 2016 · IQ, short for intelligence quotient, is a measure of a person’s reasoning ability. In short, it is supposed to gauge how well someone can use information and logic to answer questions or make predictions. IQ tests begin to assess this by measuring short- …
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5 days ago · Intelligence - nature or nurture? Researchers find a gene for intelligence and also that a bigger brain matters, yet other recent articles show how motivation affects learning.
A Test So Hard No AI System Can Pass It — Yet - The New York …
2 days ago · News and Analysis The Chinese start-up DeepSeek built a cheaper, competitive chatbot with fewer high-end computer chips than Google and OpenAI used, showing the limits of chip export control.
An AI system has reached human level on a test for ‘general ...
Dec 24, 2024 · A new artificial intelligence (AI) model has just achieved human-level results on a test designed to measure “general intelligence”.. On December 20, OpenAI’s o3 system scored 85% on the ARC ...
Americans’ IQ scores are lower in some areas, higher in one
Mar 20, 2023 · IQ scores have substantially increased from 1932 through the 20th century, with differences ranging from three to five IQ points per decade, according to a phenomenon known as the “Flynn effect.”
Bad News for the Highly Intelligent | Scientific American
Dec 5, 2017 · Now there’s some bad news for people in the right tail of the IQ bell curve. In a study just published in the journal Intelligence, Pitzer College researcher Ruth Karpinski and her colleagues...
IQ Test Scores Are Getting Higher, But Are Humans Actually Getting ...
May 6, 2021 · Intelligence quotient, or IQ tests, are a measure of reasoning and the ability to use information and logic quickly. The tests assess short and long-term memory through puzzles and test a person's ability to recall information.
IQ Scores Are Falling in "Worrying" Reversal of 20th Century ...
Jun 13, 2018 · A defining trend in human intelligence tests that saw people steadily obtaining higher IQ scores through the 20th century has abruptly ended, a new study shows. The Flynn effect – named after the work of Kiwi intelligence researcher James Flynn – observed rapid rises in intelligence quotient at a rate of about 3 IQ points per decade in the ...
Americans' IQ scores are lower in three domains, higher in one
Mar 20, 2023 · IQ scores have substantially increased from 1932 through the 20th century, with differences ranging from three to five IQ points per decade, according to a phenomenon known as the 'Flynn effect.'...
Online tests suggest IQ scores in US dropped for the first time in ...
Mar 10, 2023 · In short, the effect suggests that the human race grows smarter with each successive generation—the average intelligence quotient (IQ) increases. Prior research has bolstered this theory,...