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ARC-AGI-3 charts human-AI action gap
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ARC-AGI-3 charts human-AI action gap

ARC Prize's ARC-AGI-3 benchmark uses Relative Human Action Efficiency to compare AI agents with first-time humans, so action count matters as much as task success. The chart makes the lesson obvious: on novel environments, brute force looks a lot less intelligent than efficient adaptation.

// ANALYSIS

This is a more honest AGI yardstick than static accuracy benchmarks, because it prices in the cost of learning, not just the final outcome.

  • ARC Prize uses the 2nd-best first-time human as the baseline, trimming outliers while keeping scoring grounded in real play. [Methodology](https://docs.arcprize.org/methodology)
  • The squared ratio means inefficiency compounds fast; a model that needs twice the actions earns only a quarter of the level score.
  • The benchmark caps per-level credit at human speed, keeping the game focused on generalization instead of quirky shortcuts or level-specific hacks. [ARC-AGI-3](https://arcprize.org/arc-agi/3)
  • The preview blog's charts reinforce the intuition: humans tend to converge on efficient paths quickly, while many agents still wander. [Preview learnings](https://arcprize.org/blog/arc-agi-3-preview-30-day-learnings)
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DISCOVERED

17d ago

2026-03-26

PUBLISHED

17d ago

2026-03-25

RELEVANCE

9/ 10

AUTHOR

Stabile_Feldmaus