Robot smart enough to pass college tests
Baku, December 14 (AZERTAC). An artificial intelligence robot that recently took mock examinations of the National Center Test for University Admissions would have a strong chance of getting into about 70 percent of the nation’s private universities, its test results show.
The results were released at a briefing in Tokyo on Nov. 23.
The goal is for Torobo-kun, a robot developed by the National Institute of Informatics and other organizations, to understand words commonly used by people and solve complicated problems. Specifically, the project aims to have Torobo-kun achieve high scores on national center tests by fiscal 2016 and pass the University of Tokyo entrance exam by fiscal 2021.
Torobo-kun recently took mock center examinations prepared by leading cram school operator Yoyogi Seminar in subjects including English, math and Japanese for the first time. It also took mock University of Tokyo exams in math for science students and math for humanities students.
It struggled with questions in such areas as English and Japanese, which require deep understanding of texts, but it exceeded the national average in Japanese history and world history, which have many questions that test knowledge.
On the mock University of Tokyo math exams, Torobo-kun used its strong calculation abilities to achieve deviation values of about 60.
According to Yoyogi Seminar, Torobo-kun achieved a deviation value of 45 for the combined scores of the seven subjects of the center exams. This translates to an A rating, meaning the chance of passing is at least 80 percent, for 403 out of 579 private universities. It also received an A rating for one public university.
“The robot has a strong chance of being accepted at a slightly lower than midlevel private university,” a Yoyogi Seminar official said.
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