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ArticleNpj unconventional computing2026

Vector symbolic algebras for the Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus.

Isaac Joffe, Chris Eliasmith

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Isaac JoffeCentre for Theoretical Neuroscience, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON Canada.
Chris EliasmithCentre for Theoretical Neuroscience, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-2933-0209

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Abstract

The Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus for Artificial General Intelligence (ARC-AGI) is a generative, few-shot fluid intelligence benchmark. Although humans effortlessly solve ARC-AGI, it remains extremely difficult for even the most advanced artificial intelligence systems. Inspired by methods for modelling human intelligence spanning neuroscience to psychology, we propose a cognitively inspired ARC-AGI solver. Our solver integrates System 1 intuitions with System 2 reasoning in an efficient and interpretable process using neurosymbolic methods based on Vector Symbolic Algebras (VSAs). Our solver works by object-centric program synthesis, leveraging VSAs to represent abstract objects, guide solution search, and enable sample-efficient neural learning. Preliminary results indicate success, with our solver scoring 10.8% on ARC-AGI-1-Train and 3.0% on ARC-AGI-1-Eval. Additionally, our solver performs well on simpler benchmarks, scoring 94.5% on Sort-of-ARC and 83.1% on 1D-ARC-the latter outperforming GPT-4 at a tiny fraction of the computational cost. Importantly, our approach is unique; we believe we are the first to apply VSAs to ARC-AGI and have developed one of the most cognitively plausible ARC-AGI solvers yet. Our code is available at: https://github.com/ijoffe/ARC-VSA-2025.

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Computational biology and bioinformaticsMathematics and computingNeuroscience

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PMID42827609
PMCPMC13630561

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