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Where was the term 'artificial intelligence' coined, in 1956?
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Try to beat a minimax AI
You're X. The AI plays O by searching every possible future game and choosing the move that's best assuming you play perfectly too. Switch it to random to see what search is worth.
You go first. Pick a square.Its first reply can mean searching thousands of positions. Noughts and crosses has only 255,168 possible games, so full search is easy. Chess has more possible games than atoms in the universe, which is why chess engines prune and estimate instead.
0positions searched for its last move
–what the AI expects
What this AI test covers, in short
Twenty multiple-choice questions at introductory undergraduate level, four on each of five topics: history and concepts, search and reasoning, machine learning, neural networks, and ethics and safety. They test both classic AI ideas and the methods behind today's systems.
Facts about recent systems are as of October 2026. The test is our own and not normed. For background, read the AI study guide.
By What's Your IQ · Reviewed 5 Oct 2026- Format
- 20 multiple-choice questions
- Level
- Introductory undergraduate
- Bonus
- Noughts and crosses vs minimax
- Classic text
- Russell & Norvig, AI: A Modern Approach