Artificial Intelligence Quiz

Question 1

ChatGPT, released by OpenAI in November 2022, reached 100 million users faster than any product in history. How long did it take?

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Two months

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Two weeks

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One month

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Six months

Question 2

What is 'machine learning' at its core?

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Training systems to learn patterns from data and improve their performance without being explicitly programmed for each task

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Programming computers with explicit rules for every task

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Teaching robots to physically move like humans

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A branch of mathematics concerned with statistical analysis

Question 3

What is a 'neural network' in AI?

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A computational model loosely inspired by the human brain, consisting of interconnected layers of nodes that process information

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The internet infrastructure connecting AI servers

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A network of scientists collaborating on AI research

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A type of database optimised for AI applications

Question 4

Which company created the GPT series of language models (GPT-3, GPT-4, etc.)?

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OpenAI

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Google (DeepMind)

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Meta AI

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Microsoft

Question 5

The 'Turing Test' was proposed by Alan Turing in 1950. What does a machine need to do to pass it?

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Convince a human evaluator in text conversation that they are talking to a person, not a machine

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Solve a mathematical proof faster than any human

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Demonstrate consciousness

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Beat a human chess grandmaster

Question 6

DeepMind's AlphaFold 2 (2020) was considered a major scientific breakthrough. What did it solve?

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It predicted the 3D structure of proteins from amino acid sequences — a 50-year-old grand challenge in biology

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It created the world's first quantum computer

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It developed an AI system that passed the Bar Exam

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It created a self-replicating AI code for the first time

Question 7

What is 'hallucination' in the context of AI language models?

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When an AI confidently generates plausible-sounding but factually incorrect or made-up information

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When an AI generates dream-like creative content

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When an AI model becomes confused and stops responding

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When an AI generates different outputs each time it's run

Question 8

What is 'generative AI' and how does it differ from previous AI applications?

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AI that creates new content (text, images, audio, video, code) rather than just classifying or analysing existing data

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AI that generates electricity from renewable sources

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AI designed to generate business profits automatically

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AI that generates suggestions for human decision-making only

Question 9

Which company developed the AlphaGo program that defeated world champion Go player Lee Sedol in 2016?

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DeepMind (Google)

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IBM

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OpenAI

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Microsoft Research

Question 10

What is 'prompt engineering' in the context of AI?

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The skill of crafting effective input instructions (prompts) to get the best outputs from AI language models

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Programming AI models at the hardware level

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Engineering physical devices to work with AI

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Developing the training datasets for AI models

Question 11

IBM's Watson famously defeated human champions at which TV game show in 2011?

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Jeopardy!

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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

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Wheel of Fortune

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The Price is Right

Question 12

What is 'AGI' — a term frequently discussed in AI circles?

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Artificial General Intelligence — a hypothetical AI with human-level (or greater) cognitive abilities across all domains

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Advanced Generative Intelligence — AI that creates content

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Automated Global Infrastructure for AI computing

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Applied Government Intelligence — AI used in government systems

Question 13

What is 'reinforcement learning' in AI?

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A learning paradigm where an AI agent learns by taking actions in an environment and receiving rewards or penalties — optimising for maximum reward

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Using extra computing power to strengthen an AI's neural network

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Teaching an AI by repeatedly correcting its mistakes

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Adding more data to reinforce a model's training

Question 14

Stable Diffusion, Midjourney, and DALL-E are all examples of what type of AI?

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Image generation models (text-to-image AI)

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Text generation models

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Video processing AI

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Voice synthesis models

Question 15

What does 'LLM' stand for in AI technology?

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Large Language Model

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Logic Learning Machine

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Linear Learning Matrix

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Layered Logic Module

Question 16

Anthropic, the company that created Claude AI, was founded by former members of which other AI company?

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OpenAI

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DeepMind

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Google Brain

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Microsoft Research

Question 17

What is a 'transformer' architecture in AI, and why is it significant?

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A neural network architecture introduced in 2017 that underpins most modern LLMs and has revolutionised AI performance on language tasks

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A device that transforms electrical voltage for AI servers

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A type of AI that transforms between different output formats

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The process of converting data from one format to another

Question 18

What is 'AI alignment' — a major research focus at companies like Anthropic and OpenAI?

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The challenge of ensuring AI systems behave in ways that are safe, beneficial, and consistent with human values and intentions

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Aligning AI servers to reduce electromagnetic interference

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Aligning different AI products from different companies to work together

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Making AI responses consistent and predictable

Question 19

Google's Gemini (formerly Bard) is a large language model. Which other major Google AI system famously beat human experts at a medical exam?

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MedPaLM 2

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Gemini Ultra

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AlphaCode

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Google Health AI

Question 20

The 'AI Arms Race' of 2023–2024 primarily involved competition between which major players?

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OpenAI/Microsoft, Google/DeepMind, Anthropic, and Meta — competing to release the most capable AI models

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USA and China in a national AI race

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IBM and Intel competing for AI chip manufacturing

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Universities and corporations competing for AI talent