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QUIZ: AI technology creates new worlds

Published 4:50 am Sunday, December 14, 2025

By John Arendt

A scene from Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey.” (Photo contributed)
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A scene from Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey.” (Photo contributed)

A scene from Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey.” (Photo contributed)
Tilly Norwood is an AI-generated creation, not an actual person. (facebook.com/people/Tilly-Norwood/61578827512938/)
Robotic technology has been developing. This Tesla Optimus Gen-2 Humanoid robot is from Feb. 1, 2024. (Wikimedia Commons)
Aviator Charles A. Lindbergh was the Time’s first Man of the Year, on the Jan. 2, 1928 issue of the newsmagazine. In December, 2025, the Architects of AI received the designation of Person of the Year. (S.J. Woolf, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
Computers have become commonplace and can be found in many locations. Today, computer technology also includes AI technology and large-language models. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

Each year, Time recognizes an individual, group, object or idea for its influence on the events of the year, for better or worse.

In December, 2025, the designation went to the Architects of AI, people behind the artificial intelligence boom.

The use of AI has grown rapidly in recent years as this technology is used in problem-solving, reasoning, research, autonomous vehicles and many other facets.

How much do you know about AI in fact and fiction, and about other recipients of Time’s Person of the Year designations?

Put your knowledge to the test with these 10 questions.

Good luck.


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