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Re:Google commits $1B in grants to train U.S. workers for hi... by umanwizard on Thursday October 12, 2017 @04:26PM (#15461033)
What's the difference between "problem solving" and "IQ" ? They seem like almost the same thing.
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Re:Google commits $1B in grants to train U.S. workers for hi... by jaibot on Thursday October 12, 2017 @06:06PM (#15461678)
"IQ" is a scalar semi-objectice well-defined metric that predicts some things about the much more complicated and less-well-defined concept of problem solving.
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Re:Google commits $1B in grants to train U.S. workers for hi... by madamelic on Thursday October 12, 2017 @05:12PM (#15461366)
Problem-solving: the ability to deconstruct a problem into atomic pieces and construct solutions

IQ: How fast you do it.

tl;dr: Problem-solving is software, IQ is hardware

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Re:Google commits $1B in grants to train U.S. workers for hi... by goialoq on Thursday October 12, 2017 @06:15PM (#15461730)
"IQ" measures something called "G", which is pattern-recognition ability (coincidentally the cutting edge of today's ML neural nets). The scientific theory of IQ is that that if you are good at pattern recognition, then you will be good at a wide range of cognitive tasks.
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