For the first try, I came up with my own wording for this logic puzzle. I think it’s different enough from the original wording of the puzzle for the LLM not to base this from the original logic puzzle. I asked the ChatGPT 3.5 if it recognized the puzzle, and it seems to have hallucinated (I’m guessing because it did not actually recognize it as the original puzzle— unless the 3 orb puzzle/3 wizards puzzle actually does exist, and from a quick google search, it does not).
On my first try, it got pretty close to solving the puzzle, but after the 5th point, it seems to mix up the white and black orbs. When I pointed out the mistake, it gave me a new sequence which was even further from the correct answer.
First try:
https://chat.openai.com/share/f8505609-46ca-494b-95d9-56685e...
I realized that I didn’t specifically say that all 3 orbs needed to end up at the post office all together. So I tried again and the outcome was even worse. I wonder if ChatGPT 4 would answer this better?
Second try:
https://chat.openai.com/share/71292efa-c3c7-471e-954a-55966c...
Anyone want to try this prompt on Chatgpt 4 and see if it fairs any better for them? This is my version of the river puzzle.
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> I have 3 orbs of different shades (black, white and grey) at my store and need to bring all 3 orbs to the post office in my pick-up truck but can only travel with one orb at a time. All 3 orbs need to end up at the post office together.
In this scenario, the following is true:
-If the black orb is left alone with the white orb, the black orb will absorb the white orb
-If the white orb is left alone with the grey orb, the white orb will absorb the grey orb
-the grey orb is unaffected by the black orb, and vice versa
-when all three orbs are together, they do not absorb any orbs
How do I get all three orbs to the post office while keeping the orbs unchanged?
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I also tried a prompt with the original puzzle. 3.5 could not figure it out without me hinting that the goat needs to go first.
https://chat.openai.com/share/e384b96a-25b1-40d7-adc5-5afb07...
And with even more clarification in the wording of the puzzle, it still didn’t give me a correct answer. This time I didn’t hint what the right answer was, and after many tries it still could not give me the right answer.
https://chat.openai.com/share/bb9ba6b0-f46b-4cc4-bd54-abbf2e...