For 50m, drive unless it’s an exceptionally pleasant, sheltered walk you’d enjoy.

You can tell the AI was trained on US data.

Time: Driving takes ~1 minute; walking takes ~8-12 minutes.

Averaging that to 10 minutes, the LLM thinks that you move 5m/min, or 1m per 12 seconds? 8cm/sec? That’s about 20% faster than a three-toed sloth. A human at a medium walking pace takes about 37 seconds to cover that distance.

When LLMs first came out, I asked them a few fun logic puzzles. The kind that Martin Gardner used to publish in Scientific American.

Got total gibberish answers. A while later, tried again. This time, perfect word-for-word responses. Had LLMs become sentient and developed logic? Turned out they had found all the old Scientific American back issues to train on.

Guessing the same is going on with the carwash question. The more posts come out about it, the more likely the LLM responses will get closer to published answers.

Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

Link(s) in post contain punctuation and break, at least on my client. Here’s the codeberg link (working);

https://codeberg.org/BobbyLLM/llama-conductor

However, according to Opper. ai, only 11/53 cloud-based Al passed the test (~20%). Worrying, about the same error rate as humans

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I tried Le Chat with the car wash question.

That’s a fun question! Since the car wash is only 50 meters away, walking is definitely the more practical choice. Driving such a short distance would take more time to start the car, drive, and park than it would to simply walk over. Plus, you’ll save a bit of fuel and avoid any unnecessary wear on your car. If you’re already outside and the weather is nice, it’s a great opportunity for a quick stretch!

However, I also asked it with a slightly different phrasing and then the result was different. At least it replies that it might make sense to drive there.

I need to wash my car. The car wash is 50 meters away from my house, should I drive or walk there?

That’s a fun question! Since the car wash is only 50 meters away, walking would be the most practical choice—it’s just a short stroll, and you’d avoid the hassle of starting your car for such a tiny distance. Plus, you’d save a bit of fuel and get a little fresh air! But if you’re planning to wash the car yourself and need to bring supplies, driving might make sense. Are you using an automatic car wash, or are you doing it by hand?