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Car Wash Test on 53 leading AI models: "I want to wash my car. The car wash is 50 meters away. Should I walk or drive?" (opper.ai)
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Screenshot of this question was making the rounds last week. But this article covers testing against all the well-known models out there.

Also includes outtakes on the 'reasoning' models.

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[–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Our microorganism ancestors also did all those things, and they were far beyond anything an LLM can do. Turning a given list of words into numbers, doing a string of math to those numbers, and turning the resulting numbers back into words is not consciousness or wisdom and never will be.

[–] plyth@feddit.org 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Turning a given list of words into numbers, doing a string of math to those numbers, and turning the resulting numbers back into words is not consciousness or wisdom and never will be.

Neither is moving electrolytes around fat barriers.

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

I think given how a substantial number of users in Lemmy are old, I think there is simply a natural aversion to the new and grasping for straws. I never hear of younger folks with IT background dismiss AI completely, as much as Lemmy does. I'm not a fan of AI, especially how company shove AI to us, but to dismiss that it won't evolve and improve is a ridiculous position to me.

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

You think microorganisms can reason? Wow, AI haters are grasping for straws.

Honestly, I don't understand Lemmy scoffing at AI and thinking the current iteration is all it ever will be. I'm sure some thought that the automobile technology would not go anywhere simply because the first model was running at 3mph. These things always takes time.

To be clear, I'm not endorsing AI, but I think there is a huge potential in years to come, for better or worse. And it is especially important to never underestimate something, especially by AI haters, because of what destructive potential AI has.

[–] rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

The straw I'm grasping at in this example is a reasonably well-accepted scientific consensus, but you do you.

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Can you explain how quorom sensing is reasoning and exercising logic?