Is your AI as good as it says it is?

AI has become very good at passing the tests we set for it. Stanford University’s 2026 AI Index Report captures the problem neatly. While AI models can master abstract logic, they often struggles with basic spatial reasoning tasks. For instance, a leading AI model could win gold at the International Mathematical Olympiad, yet it could correctly read an analogue clock only half the time. That is the paradox of AI. Exceptional in one domain. Unreliable in another. That unevenness matters because…