When faced with real-world problems that seem unsolvable, humans display an exceptional degree of flexibility and creativity, improvising solutions with the limited resources available. In this essay, we propose a class of domain-independent AI challenge tasks - MacGyver Problems - that target these capabilities.
@article{sarathy2018MacGyverACS,
title={MacGyver Problems: AI Challenges for Testing Resourcefulness and Creativity},
author={Vasanth Sarathy and Matthias Scheutz},
year={2018},
journal={Advances in Cognitive Systems},
volume={6},
url={https://hrilab.tufts.edu/publications/sarathy2018MacGyverACS.pdf}
}