Mapping 210 human abilities: AI already beats the best humans on 45
WarningRegular · reddit · 2026-10-15
The author mapped 210 human abilities (from CHC and ONET taxonomies) against the best AI systems, comparing against the median adult, top 1%, and best human alive:
- vs median adult: AI wins 149/210 — 70% to superintelligence
- vs top 1%: AI wins 87/210 — ASI 41% there by expert standards
- vs best human alive: AI wins 45/210 — 21% there
Of those 45, 13 are sensorimotor abilities, with most of the rest being speed, scale, and recall. Weakest areas: taste and robot self-repair, at about −3.5σ.
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