Over the decades it has become apparent that simply throwing more processor cycles at the problem of true artificial intelligence isn’t going to cut it. A brain is orders of magnitude more complex than any AI system developed thus far, but some are getting closer. ConceptNet 4, an AI developed at MIT, was recently put through a standard IQ test given to young children. The result? ConceptNet 4 is a slightly odd four-year-old child.

ConceptNet is a semantic network containing a large store of information that is used to teach the system about concepts.