The ARC dataset is designed using a 2D grid format because the speaker has an unspoken hypothesis that the human brain reasons in 2D; they have no plans to expand ARC to 1D strings or other formats like sounds, remaining focused on 2D grid representations.
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Speaker
François CholletEvidence Quote
“I really like 2D grids of symbols...I have kind of this uh uh unspoken hypothesis that the the human brain does uh reasoning in 2D.”
Source
Francois Chollet | Why abstraction is the key to intelligence, and what we’re still missing— Harvard CMSACreated: 8/12/2026, 6:07:58 PM
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