Comment by usaar333 | Hacker News Reader

Comment by usaar333 | Hacker News Reader

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Yes, but that's a huge hint. GPT4 naively doesn't understand this.

Question:

> I have a chair in front of the TV and one in front of the computer. I put a watch under the chair in front of the TV. I swap the chairs. Where is the watch?

> Work out step by step. Is this question ambiguous?

Answer:

This question is not ambiguous, but let's break it down step by step to understand the situation and find the location of the watch.

You have a chair in front of the TV (Chair A) and one in front of the computer (Chair B). You put a watch under Chair A (the one in front of the TV). You swap the chairs, meaning Chair A is now in front of the computer and Chair B is in front of the TV. After swapping the chairs, the watch remains under Chair A. Since Chair A is now in front of the computer, the watch is under the chair in front of the computer.

Ya gpt-4 is still confused: (it's interesting cause it does realize the watch doesn't move but still gets it wrong)

Model: GPT-4

I have a chair in front of the TV and one in front of the computer. I put a watch under the chair in front of the TV. I swap the chairs. Where is the watch?

Work out step by step. Also define "under the chair". Is the question ambiguous?

Step 1: A chair with a watch under it is in front of the TV. Step 2: Another chair is in front of the computer. Step 3: The chairs are swapped.

To clarify the term "under the chair," let's define it as a watch placed beneath the chair, such that the chair is directly above the watch.

Now let's analyze the situation after swapping the chairs.

After Step 3:

The chair that was initially in front of the TV (with the watch under it) is now in front of the computer. The chair that was initially in front of the computer is now in front of the TV. As the question is about the location of the watch, it is important to note that the watch was not mentioned to be moved along with the chair. Therefore, the watch remains in its original position, which is under the chair that was initially in front of the TV.

The question could be considered ambiguous if one assumes that the watch was also moved along with the chair. However, since the watch's movement was not explicitly mentioned, it is reasonable to assume that the watch remained in its original position during the chair swap.

So, the watch is still under the chair that was initially in front of the TV, which is now in front of the computer.

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