# Evaluating AI Abilities

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Podcast: [Data Skeptic](https://stenobird.com/podcast/data-skeptic)
Published: 2024-05-27T16:06:00+00:00
Episode link: https://dataskeptic.com/blog/episodes/2024/evaluating-ai-abilities
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## Resource

In this episode, Kozzy discusses his endeavors to compare the cognitive abilities of humans, animals, and AI programs. Specifically, we discussed object permanence, the ability to understand an object still exists in space even when you can't see it. Our conversation traverses both philosophical and practical questions surrounding AI evaluation. We also learned about Animal AI 3, a gaming environment developed in Unity where AI programs and humans can go head-to-head to solve different problems in a gaming environment.

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