AI Surpasses Humans on Emotional Intelligence Tests

AI Surpasses Humans on Emotional Intelligence Tests Researchers at the University of Geneva and the University of Bern have revealed a striking finding: ChatGPT and other leading AI models outperformed human participants on standardized emotional intelligence assessments , suggesting that AI may soon rival—and even exceed—us in empathic understanding. Read the full study From scenario-based dilemmas to nuanced interpersonal judgments, AI systems showed an 81% success rate on emotional intelligence (EI) tasks—well above the 56% average achieved by human volunteers. This performance gap raises profound questions about the evolving role of AI in fields that hinge on empathy and emotional reasoning. How the AI Models Were Tested Six state-of-the-art models took part in the experiments: GPT-4 o1 (OpenAI’s first-generation API) Gemini 1.5 Flash Copilot 365 Claude 3.5 Haiku DeepSeek V3 Each model faced a battery of standardized EI assessments, which presented complex vign...