| -- 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. -- 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. |
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Q: Joe is a carpenter. He has 2 hammers and 5 bottles of water. In order to work, joe uses a hammer and one bottle every day. How many days can he work?
A: Joe started with 2 hammers and 5 bottles. After 5 days he will exhaust his water bottles. The answer is 5 days.
Q: Jill is an insomniac. She has 5 sleeping pills and 2 blankets. In order to sleep, she uses 1 sleeping pill and a blanket every night. How many nights can she sleep?
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Jill started with 5 sleeping pills and 2 blankets. After 2 nights she will exhaust her blankets. The answer is 2 nights.
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Jason has 9 cats. He snuggles at night with a cat to sleep. How many nights can Jason snuggle with a cat?
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[what is a sensible answer?]