About GPT-4 acing standardized exams but struggling with competitive programming and AMC.
Has this happened?
Yes 79 (68%)Not sure 28 (24%)No 9 (8%)
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
Hacker News has set AI a lot of challenges over the years. Which ones has it met?
About GPT-4 acing standardized exams but struggling with competitive programming and AMC.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
Although GPT-4 scores excellently in tests involving crystallized intelligence, it still struggles with tests requiring fluid intelligence like competitive programming (Codeforces), Leetcode (hard), and AMC. (Developers and mathematicians are still needed for now).
I think we will probably get (non-physical) AGI when the models can solve these as well. The implications of AGI might be much bigger than the loss of knowledge worker jobs.
Remember what happened to the chimps when a smarter-than-chimpanzee species multiplied and dominated the world.