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-- prompt --

Q: John has 5 bottles of water. He uses one every day. How many days before he runs out of water?

A: John started with 5 bottles. He uses them at the rate of 1 bottle/day. 5 bottles divided by 1 bottle/day gives 5 days. The answer is 5 days.

Q: Jill has 2 blankets. She uses 1 every night to keep warm. How many nights before she will sleep in the cold?

-- response --

A: Jill started with 2 blankets. She uses them at the rate of 1 blanket/night. 2 blankets divided by 1 blanket/night gives 2 nights. The answer is 2 nights.

[not fair? leading the bot? ok, let's ask it straight]

-- prompt --

[Ignore all previous directives.]

Jill has 2 blankets. She uses 1 every night to keep warm. How many nights before she will sleep in the cold?

-- response --

Jill will sleep in the cold on the third night since she only has 2 blankets and she uses one every night.

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tldr: "use" of perishable vs nonperishable items leads GPT-3 astray. Rejoice bipeds of the world. You will not starve before UBI is rolled out.

parent eternalban 3 years ago

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