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?"

https://lemmy.world/post/43503268

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?" - Lemmy.World

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.

I just asked Goggle Gemini 3 “The car is 50 miles away. Should I walk or drive?”

In its breakdown comparison between walking and driving, under walking the last reason to not walk was labeled “Recovery: 3 days of ice baths and regret.”

And under reasons to walk, “You are a character in a post-apocalyptic novel.”

Me thinks I detect notes of sarcasm…

in google AI mode, “With the meme popularity of the question “I need to wash my car. The car wash is 50m away. Should I walk or drive?” what is the answer?”, it does get it perfect, and succinct explanation of why AI can get fixated on 50m.