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Car Wash Test on 53 leading AI models: "I want to wash my car. The car wash is 50 meters away. Should I walk or drive?" (opper.ai)
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Screenshot of this question was making the rounds last week. But this article covers testing against all the well-known models out there.

Also includes outtakes on the 'reasoning' models.

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[–] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

What is the wrong answer though? It is a stupid question. I would look at you sideways if you asked me this, because the obvious answer is "walk silly, the car is already at the car wash". Otherwise why would you ask it?

Which is telling because when asked to review the answer, the AI's that I have seen said, you asked me how you were going to get to the car wash. Assumption the car was already there.

[–] MBech@feddit.dk 2 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

Why would the car already be at the car wash if you ask it wether or not you should drive there?

[–] architect@thelemmy.club 1 points 51 minutes ago

This is why it’s a bad question to test a computer with.

[–] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago

Why wouldn't it be? How often have you thought, I wonder if I should drive my car to the carwash, maybe I should ask someone?

That's the thing: it is a nonsensical question, the only sense of it is if YOU need to get where the carwash and car is because you must be asking about something else.

I am not saying AI is making any sense, it cant. But if you follow the weights and statistics towards the solution for this question, it is about something else other than driving the car to the car wash, because nothing in the training would have ever spelled that out.