Summary LLMs and the Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus Successes and Failures arxiv.org
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The GPT-4 language model faces difficulties with direct-grid encoding but shows improvement when using an object-based representation achieved with the ARGA algorithm.
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- Large Language Models (LLMs), specifically GPT-4, struggle to solve abstract reasoning problems using the Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus (ARC) as a benchmark.
- Different encoding methods and prompting strategies are explored to instruct LLMs in solving ARC tasks.
- GPT-4 performs better on reduced dimensionality tasks (1D-ARC), but is still not perfect.
- An object-based representation obtained through the ARGA algorithm significantly improves GPT-4's performance in solving ARC tasks.
- The number of colored pixels in test images has a negative correlation with the LLM's ability to solve tasks, while the average number of colored pixels in training images has a positive correlation.
- GPT-4 often fails to provide correct reasoning for solved tasks, highlighting a gap in its understanding and application of reasoning process.
- Object-based approach significantly improves the reasoning performance of GPT-4, with correct reasoning provided for most of the solved tasks.
- The use of object-based representations obtained through external tools enhances the reasoning abilities of LLMs in solving abstract reasoning problems.
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GPT-4, a Large Language Model (LLM), struggles with direct-grid encoding but improves with an object-based representation obtained through the ARGA algorithm.
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This article explores the use of GPT-4, a Large Language Model (LLM), to solve abstract reasoning problems using the Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus (ARC) as a benchmark. The study tests different encoding methods and prompting strategies, finding that direct-grid encoding is challenging for GPT-4. However, an object-based representation obtained through the ARGA algorithm improves its performance. The study also analyzes task complexity attributes, solvability, and the reasoning provided by GPT-4. Overall, while LLMs have limitations in solving abstract reasoning problems, object-based representations can enhance their abilities.
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This article examines the ability of Large Language Models (LLMs), specifically GPT-4, to solve abstract reasoning problems using the Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus (ARC) as a benchmark. The study encodes ARC tasks into text representations and tests different encoding methods and prompting strategies. The results show that GPT-4 struggles with solving ARC tasks using direct-grid encoding, but performs better on a reduced dimensionality benchmark called 1D-ARC. To improve performance, the authors propose an object-based representation obtained through the ARGA algorithm, which significantly enhances GPT-4's performance. The study also analyzes the relationship between task complexity attributes and solvability, as well as the reasoning provided by GPT-4. In conclusion, LLMs have limitations in solving abstract reasoning problems, but object-based representations can enhance their reasoning abilities.
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This article explores the ability of Large Language Models (LLMs), specifically GPT-4, to solve abstract reasoning problems using the Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus (ARC) as a benchmark. The ARC consists of image-based reasoning tasks that require knowledge in areas such as objectness, agentness, numerical knowledge, and elementary geometry and topology. The goal is to determine if LLMs can generate abstract concepts based on limited training samples.
The study starts by encoding the 2D input-output images of the ARC tasks into text representations. Different encoding methods are explored, including numerical representation of pixel colors and color descriptors. Various prompting strategies are also tested to instruct the LLM on solving the tasks.
The results indicate that GPT-4 struggles with solving the ARC tasks using the direct-grid encoding approach. It only solves 13 out of 50 tasks, suggesting a limitation in maintaining object cohesion across text representation lines. To investigate further, a new benchmark called 1D-ARC is introduced, which reduces the dimensionality of tasks to one dimension. GPT-4 performs better on 1D-ARC tasks but still has room for improvement.
To address challenges and improve performance, the authors propose an object-based representation obtained through the ARGA algorithm. This algorithm abstracts images into graph representations, which are then encoded into object-oriented text representations. This approach significantly enhances GPT-4's performance, with 23 out of 50 tasks solved using object-based representation.
The study also analyzes the relationship between task complexity attributes and solvability. It is found that the number of colored pixels in a test image negatively correlates with the LLM's ability to solve tasks, while the average number of colored pixels in training images has a positive correlation. This suggests that tasks with fewer objects and more learning material are more likely to be solved by the LLM.
Furthermore, the authors analyze the reasoning provided by GPT-4 for correctly solved tasks. GPT-4 often fails to provide reasoning or provides incorrect reasoning, indicating a gap in its understanding and application of the reasoning process. However, the object-based approach significantly improves GPT-4's reasoning performance, with correct reasoning provided for most solved tasks.
In conclusion, the study demonstrates that LLMs like GPT-4 have limitations in solving abstract reasoning problems. However, the use of object-based representations obtained through external tools can significantly enhance their reasoning abilities. These findings contribute to research on imbuing LLMs with reasoning capabilities and highlight the importance of structured representations in complex reasoning tasks.
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This article examines the ability of Large Language Models (LLMs), specifically GPT-4, to solve abstract reasoning problems using the Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus (ARC) as a benchmark. The ARC is a collection of image-based reasoning tasks that require core knowledge in areas such as objectness, agentness and goal-directedness, numerical knowledge, and elementary geometry and topology. The goal is to determine whether LLMs can generate abstract concepts based on limited training samples.
The study begins by encoding the 2D input-output images of the ARC tasks into text representations. The authors explore different encoding methods, such as representing each pixel's color numerically or using color descriptors. They also experiment with different prompting strategies to instruct the LLM to solve the tasks.
The results show that GPT-4 struggles to solve the ARC tasks using the direct-grid encoding approach. It only solves 13 out of 50 tasks, indicating a limitation in its ability to maintain object cohesion across the lines of text representation. To further investigate this issue, the authors introduce a new benchmark called 1D-ARC, which reduces the dimensionality of the tasks to one dimension. GPT-4 performs better on the 1D-ARC tasks but is still far from perfect.
To address the challenges of object cohesion and improve performance, the authors propose an object-based representation obtained through an external tool called Abstract Reasoning with Graph Abstractions (ARGA). The ARGA algorithm abstracts the images into graph representations, which are then encoded into object-oriented text representations. This approach significantly improves GPT-4's performance, with 23 out of 50 tasks solved using the object-based representation.
The study also includes an analysis of the relationship between task complexity attributes and solvability. The number of colored pixels in a test image is found to have a negative correlation with the LLM's ability to solve tasks, while the average number of colored pixels in training images has a positive correlation. This suggests that tasks with fewer objects and more learning material are more likely to be solved by the LLM.
Furthermore, the authors analyze the reasoning provided by GPT-4 for the correctly solved tasks. They find that GPT-4 often fails to provide reasoning or provides incorrect reasoning, indicating a gap in its understanding and application of the reasoning process. However, the object-based approach significantly improves the reasoning performance of GPT-4, with correct reasoning provided for most of the solved tasks.
In conclusion, the study demonstrates that LLMs like GPT-4 have limitations in solving abstract reasoning problems. However, the use of object-based representations obtained through external tools can significantly enhance their reasoning abilities. The findings contribute to research on imbuing LLMs with reasoning capabilities and highlight the importance of structured representations in complex reasoning tasks.