Do Vision-Language-Models show human-like logical problem-solving capability in point and click puzzle games?

In three linesVLATIM, a new benchmark based on The Incredible Machine 2, evaluates Vision-Language Models' logical reasoning in point-and-click puzzle games. Results reveal a significant gap: large proprietary models excel at planning but struggle with precise visual grounding, failing to match human-level problem-solving.

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