#the-incredible-machine

Triebel et al.: Does AI Have Both a Head and a Hand on a Classic Physics Puzzle? — Fukai Reads

A paper by Triebel et al. evaluating VLMs on the classic physics puzzle The Incredible Machine 2. Using VLATIM, a five-stage benchmark, it asks whether screen-operating AI can solve problems like humans; the cleverer large models can plan but cannot click precisely, and no model solved even one puzzle to completion.