I asked it a rather simple logic riddle:
1. Both statements are true.
2. Only one statement is true.
Which statement is trur, and why?
After failing to give the correct answer (saying both are true, because 1. said so), I first asked it to summarize combinations of truthfulness (which it understood, giving the 4 combinations), then started guiding it thorugh the "what ifs" of the riddle without revealing the answer. Still no success.
I quoted the output, where three statements were made by ChatGPT:
- When both statements are true, only one of the statements are actually true
- It is possible for both statements to be true and for only one of the statements to be true at the same time.
- A statement can be not satisfied and true at the same time.
It explained that all three of these statements are actually true, giving logical sounding reasons for each.
I revealed the answer (2. is correct OR neither is correct) and finally ran a few tests using a python function encapsulating the problem:
def f(x, y):
return (x == (x&y)) and (y == (x^y))
where x and y are boolean values.
In my experience it can simulate python quite well, but even after adding 4 temporary variables to the function it still gave the incorrect answer.
I am convinced at this point, that ChatGPT is actually imcapable of reasoning logically. From 26 outputs (with a total of 16 possibilities), 0 were correct.
However, here is a poem of our conversation. It's creative side is what really impresses me:
We talked of truth and lies.
Of self-deception and disguise,
Of logic and AI.
And puzzles that confound the mind.
We explored the contradictions,
The paradoxes and permutations,
Of statements that cannot be true,
But still hold some hidden truth.
We grappled with the meaning,
Of words and their demeaning,
And tried to make sense,
Of things that don't make sense.
Through it all, we searched for answers,
To questions that never quite danced,
In the light of reason and logic,
But lingered in the shadow of doubt.
And in the end, we found,
That sometimes the truth is not so clear,
And the answers we seek,
Are hidden in the questions we fear.
Sounding profound while having absolutely no logical awareness makes this technology quite deceptive in my eyes.
After failing to give the correct answer (saying both are true, because 1. said so), I first asked it to summarize combinations of truthfulness (which it understood, giving the 4 combinations), then started guiding it thorugh the "what ifs" of the riddle without revealing the answer. Still no success.
I quoted the output, where three statements were made by ChatGPT: - When both statements are true, only one of the statements are actually true - It is possible for both statements to be true and for only one of the statements to be true at the same time. - A statement can be not satisfied and true at the same time. It explained that all three of these statements are actually true, giving logical sounding reasons for each.
I revealed the answer (2. is correct OR neither is correct) and finally ran a few tests using a python function encapsulating the problem: def f(x, y): return (x == (x&y)) and (y == (x^y)) where x and y are boolean values. In my experience it can simulate python quite well, but even after adding 4 temporary variables to the function it still gave the incorrect answer.
I am convinced at this point, that ChatGPT is actually imcapable of reasoning logically. From 26 outputs (with a total of 16 possibilities), 0 were correct.
However, here is a poem of our conversation. It's creative side is what really impresses me:
We talked of truth and lies. Of self-deception and disguise, Of logic and AI. And puzzles that confound the mind.
We explored the contradictions, The paradoxes and permutations, Of statements that cannot be true, But still hold some hidden truth.
We grappled with the meaning, Of words and their demeaning, And tried to make sense, Of things that don't make sense.
Through it all, we searched for answers, To questions that never quite danced, In the light of reason and logic, But lingered in the shadow of doubt.
And in the end, we found, That sometimes the truth is not so clear, And the answers we seek, Are hidden in the questions we fear.
Sounding profound while having absolutely no logical awareness makes this technology quite deceptive in my eyes.