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Why AI Needs a “Genie Coefficient”

  • Bruce Schneier--Ieee.org
  • published date: 2026-07-21 17:41:11 UTC

Major benchmarks measure what AI can do. None measure whether it does what you mean: the distance between what you ask an AI to do, and the unspoken assumptions about how you want the AI to do it. We propose a new metric: the Genie coefficient.There’s often a…

Major benchmarks measure what AI can do. None measure whether it does what you mean: the distance between what you ask an AI to do, and the unspoken assumptions about how you want the AI to do it. We… [+11967 chars]