Well it is a trick question due to it being non-sensical.
replyThe 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"
What part of this is nonsensical?
reply“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.
I disagree. It should I think answer with a simple clarifying question:
replyWhere is the car that you want to wash?
And even then it would point to a heavy skew towards American culture with the implicit assumption that there must be multiple cars in the household
replyHow is the question nonsensical? It's a perfectly valid question.
replyBecause validity doesn't depend on meaning. Take the classic example: "What is north of the North Pole?". This is a valid phrasing of a question, but is meaningless without extra context about spherical geometry. The trick question in reference is similar in that its intended meaning is contained entirely in the LLM output.
replyI agree that it doesn't break any rules of the English language, that doesn't make it a valid question in everyday contexts though.
replyAsk a human that question randomly and see how they respond.
Can you explain yourself? I can't see how this question doesn't make sense in any way.
replyThe question isn't nonsense, it just has an answer which is so obvious nobody would ever ask it organically.
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