The Unwritten Benchmark: A New Challenge for Multimodal Machine Learning in Abstract Perceptual Reasoning
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Garima Arya Yadav, Nilay Yilmaz, Yezhou Yang
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Garima Arya Yadav, Nilay Yilmaz, Yezhou Yang
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Terms in this piece · Glossary
benchmark — A standard public test set for comparing AI models — the shared scoreboards behind every "model X beats model Y" claim.
multimodal — A model that works with more than text — reading images, audio, or video, and sometimes generating them too.
inference — Running a trained model to get answers — the phase where AI is actually used, as opposed to trained.
AI agent — An AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.
Why it matters
It marks a class of inferenceRunning a trained model to get answers — the phase where AI is actually used, as opposed to trained.Full definition → from dynamic multimodalA model that works with more than text — reading images, audio, or video, and sometimes generating them too.Full definition → evidence where current frontier models fail almost completely, which is useful when scoping what a multimodal AI agentAn AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.Full definition → can be trusted to do.
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