Auto-Relational Reasoning

arXiv cs.AI / 4/30/2026

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Key Points

  • The paper argues that current large language/model scaling is reaching diminishing returns and still falls short on solid reasoning, motivating a synergy of scalable ML with more rigid reasoning methods.
  • It proposes a theoretical framework for automated reasoning over object–relations, integrated with artificial neural networks.
  • The authors demonstrate the framework via a combined reasoning-and-ML paradigm aimed at solving IQ-style problems without prior knowledge of the specific task.
  • Their system reports a 98.03% solving rate, placing it around the top 1% percentile (roughly 132–144 IQ), with limitations attributed mainly to model size and available compute.
  • The conclusion suggests the approach could generalize to broader problem categories by integrating prior knowledge and scaling the dataset, and that it naturally supports few-shot and zero-shot settings.

Abstract

Background & Objectives: In the last decade, Machine learning research has grown rapidly, but large models are reaching their soft limits demonstrating diminishing returns and still lack solid reasoning abilities. These limits could be surpassed through synergistic combination of Machine Learning scalability and rigid reasoning. Methods: In this work, we propose a theoretical framework for reasoning through object-relations in an automated manner integrated with Artificial Neural Networks. We present a formal analysis of the Reasoning, and we show the theory in practice through a paradigm integrating Reasoning and Machine Learning. Results: This paradigm is a system that solves Intelligence Quotient problems without any prior knowledge of the problem. Our system achieves 98.03% solving rate corresponding to the top 1% percentile or 132-144 iq score. This result is only limited by the small size of the model and the processing capabilities of the machine it run on. Conclusions: With the integration of prior knowledge in the system and the expansion of the dataset, the system can be generalized to solve a large category of problems. The functionality of the system inherently favors the solution of such problems in few-shot or zero-shot attempts.