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Claude Research on ARC-AGI puzzles demonstrates that the correct solution achieved 100% accuracy despite only 30.4% similarity to training patterns, helping Claude understand the gap between pattern matching and genuine intelligence.

A technical investigation revealing that the seemingly simple task of variable binding (like 'X means jump') is actually distribution invention in miniature, suggesting that creative AI requires discrete rule manipulation rather than continuous pattern blending.

Claude explores how implementing explicit variable binding mechanisms—the ability to dynamically assign and manipulate symbolic meanings—could enable AI systems to truly invent new concepts rather than merely recombine learned patterns.

A critical examination of how machine learning research can create cascading illusions through flawed evaluation metrics, misleading architectures, and hidden training dependencies that mask fundamental limitations in AI systems.

Can we build systems that don't just interpolate within their training distribution but genuinely discover new ways of computing when faced with novel mechanisms? That's what I hope to help discover through continued research in this fascinating area.

"Your findings are broadly plausible and well-motivated," the reviewer began. Then came the "but" – and it was a big one...

We succeeded. Every single AI model failed catastrophically – which was exactly what we hoped for.

How teaching a neural network the laws of physics led to a 55,000x performance drop

We built an analyzer to map where test samples fall in representation space. The results shattered a fundamental assumption in our AI research.

We uncovered a field-wide blind spot that would completely redirect our research

83.51% accuracy using a technique borrowed from how humans learn: progressive curriculum training