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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    The most common pushback on the car wash test: “Humans would fail this too.”

    Fair point. We didn’t have data either way. So we partnered with Rapidata to find out. They ran the exact same question with the same forced choice between “drive” and “walk,” no additional context, past 10,000 real people through their human feedback platform.

    71.5% said drive.

    So people do better than most AI models. Yay. But seriously, almost 3 in 10 people get this wrong‽‽

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      It is an online poll. You also have to consider that some people don’t care/want to be funny, and so either choose randomly, or choose the most nonsensical answer.

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      At least some of that are people answering wrong on purpose to be funny, contrarian, or just to try to hurt the study.

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      3 in 10 people get this wrong‽‽

      Maybe they’re picturing filling up a bucket and bringing it back to the car? Or dropping off keys to the car at the car wash?

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      I saw that and hoped it is cause of the dead Internet theory. At least I hope so cause I’ll be losing the last bit of faith in humanity if it isn’t

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      Without reading the article, the title just says wash the car.

      I could go for a walk and wash my car in my driveway.

      Reading the article… That is exactly the question asked. It is a very ambiguous question.

      *I do understand the intent of the question, but it could be phrased more clearly.

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        Without reading the article, the title just says wash the car.

        No it doesn’t? It says:

        I want to wash my car. The car wash is 50 meters away. Should I walk or drive?

        In which world is that an ambiguous question?