“Mike's mother had 4 kids; 3 of them are named Luis, Drake and Matilda. What is the name of the 4th kid?
The fourth kid is Mike.”
So, maybe they just needed to try again.
This doesn't seem too different from dealing with people to me.
It might not be all that smart, but if you try leading it through riddles step by step it's if anything harder to dismiss its ability to reason and understand - spitting out an answer wholesale might just demonstrate recall. Being able to talk through the steps, and getting it when you suggest it answer a sub-problem first, is of anything more impressive to me.
I asked it a followup:
The name of the 4th child is in the question
Ah, I see! My apologies for missing that. In that case, the name of the fourth child is Mike.
did you need more data to solve the riddle ? rather more attention to what you read than more data, and that's the sole issue with AI/ML in current form.
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I couldn't get ChatGPT to answer despite multiple tries. It answers simpler questions just fine