BEIJING: An artificial intelligence (AI) machine has taken the maths section of China's annual university entrance exam, finishing it faster than students but with a below average grade. <\/p>\n
The artificial intelligence machine -- a tall black box containing 11 servers placed in the centre of a test room -- took two versions of the exam on Wednesday in Chengdu, Sichuan province. <\/p>\n
The machine, called AI-MATHS, scored 105 out of 150 in 22 minutes. Students have two hours to complete the test, the official Xinhua news agency reported. <\/p>\n
It then spent 10 minutes on another version and scored 100. <\/p>\n
Beijing liberal art students who took the maths exam last year scored an average of 109. <\/p>\n
Exam questions and the AI machine's answers were both shown on a big screen while three people kept score. <\/p>\n
The AI was developed in 2014 by a Chengdu-based company, Zhunxingyunxue Technology, using big data, artificial intelligence and natural language recognition technologies from Tsinghua University. <\/p>\n
\"I hope next year the machine can improve its performance on logical reasoning and computer algorithms and score over 130,\" Lin Hui, the company's CEO, was quoted as saying by Xinhua. <\/p>\n
\"This is not a make-or-break test for a robot. The aim is to train artificial intelligence to learn the way humans reason and deal with numbers,\" Lin said. <\/p>\n
The machine took only one of the four subjects in the crucially important entrance examination, the other three being Chinese, a foreign language and one comprehensive test in either liberal arts or science. <\/p>\n
While AI is faster with numbers than humans, it struggles with language. <\/p>\n
\"For example, the robot had a hard time understanding the words 'students' and 'teachers' on the test and failed to understand the question, so it scored zero for that question,\" Lin said. <\/p>\n
The test was the latest attempt to show how AI technology can perform in comparison to the human brain. <\/p>\n
Last year, the Google-owned computer algorithm AlphaGo became the first computer programme to beat an elite player in a full match of the ancient Chinese game of Go. <\/p>\n
AlphaGo won again last month, crushing the world's top player, Ke Jie of China, in a three-game sweep. <\/p>\n
AlphaGo's feats have fuelled visions of AI that can not only perform pre-programmed tasks, but help humanity look at complex scientific, technical and medical mysteries in new ways. <\/p>\n
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