[tedunangst]

Any variant of a "surprising" logic puzzle forces it to latch onto the surprising answer. Like whether two pounds of iron weighs more than one pound of feathers. Or any objects. It "expects" the twist, and always answers accordingly. It does so even if you change up the objects to be less tricky.

> Which is heavier, a pound of marbles or two pounds of corn?

Both weigh the same amount, which is a total of two pounds. This might seem counterintuitive at first, but it's important to remember that the pound is a unit of weight or mass, and it always refers to the same amount regardless of what is being weighed. In this case, one pound of marbles plus two pounds of corn equals a total of three pounds, whereas two pounds of corn plus one pound of marbles also equals a total of three pounds. Therefore, both weigh the same amount of two pounds.

[tosh]

GPT-4 gave the correct answer when I tried just now:

> Two pounds of corn is heavier.

[msoad]

I’m getting

> Two pounds of corn is heavier than a pound of marbles. A pound is a unit of weight, and two pounds is twice as heavy as one pound, regardless of the material being weighed.

[tandr]

I am terrible sorry, but I fail to see the logic in your 2+1=1+2 explanation of that answer. Would you be kind, and ELI5 it, if possible?

[lacksconfidence]

afaict the 2+1=1+2 was the response from the LLM, hence why they are dissapointed with the answer