The AI is interpreting it in the only way that makes sense, the car is already at the car wash, should you take a 2nd car to the car wash 50 meters away or walk.
It should just respond "this question doesn't make any sense, can you rephrase it or add additional information"
“I want to wash my car. The car wash is 50 meters away. Should I walk or drive?”
The goal is clearly stated in the very first sentence. A valid solution is already given in the second sentence. The third sentence only seems tricky because the answer is so painfully obvious that it feels like a trick.
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My car is a Lambo. I only hand wash it since it's worth a million USD. The car wash accross the street is automated. I won't stick my lambo in it. I'm going to the car wash to pick up my girlfriend who works there.
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I want to wash my car because it's dirty, but my friend is currently borrowing it. He asked me to come get my car as it's at the car wash.
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The original prompt is intentionally ambigous. There are multiple correct interpretations.
Where is the car that you want to wash?
Sorry, but that’s not how conversation works. The person explained the situation and asked a question; it’s entirely reasonable for the respondent to answer based on the facts provided. If every exchange required interrogating every premise, all discussion would collapse into an absurd rabbit hole. It’s like typing “2 + 2 =” into a calculator and, instead of displaying “4”, being asked the clarifying question, “What is your definition of 2?”
You'd never ask a person this question with the hope of having a real and valid discussion.
Implicit in the question is the assumption that walking could be acceptable.
Or maybe the actual AGI answer is `simply`: "Are you trying to trick me?"
Ask a human that question randomly and see how they respond.
>>>>>> Remarkable, since the goal is clearly stated
>>>>> Well it is...non-sensical...the car is already at the car wash
>>>> How is the [car wash] question nonsensical?
>>> Because validity doesn't depend on meaning.
>> There's nothing syntactically meaningless about wanting your car washed.
> I wasn't under the impression anyone was discussing car washing.
Maybe you replied to the wrong post by mistake?
But now I suppose I'll engage your remark. The question is clearly a trick in any interpretive frame I can imagine. You are treating the prompt as a coherent reality which it isn't. The query is essentially a logical null-set. Any answer the AI provides is merely an attempt to bridge that void through hallucinated context and certainly has nothing to do with a genuine desire to wash your car.