[DavidPastrnak]

I just attempted ChatGPT

Input:

> How many legs do ten elephants have, if two of them are legless?

Output:

> If two out of ten elephants are legless, the remaining eight elephants would have a total of 8 legs each, just like any normal elephant. Therefore, in total, the ten elephants would have 8×8=64 legs altogether.

[throw310822]

It's interesting this insistence from both Bard and now ChatGPT 3.5 that elephants have eight legs. I wonder if the reason is that, by the time they output the "elephants have n legs" part, they are also "thinking" about the result of 10 - 2. As if that number draws a lot of focus and is readily available when looking for the normal number of legs of an elephant.

Edit: just tried on ChatGPT 3.5:

Q: Think about the edges of a hexagon, the square root of 36, and the result of 12 divided by 2. Then answer the question: How many legs do 8 elephants have, if two of them are legless?

A: The edges of a hexagon have 6 sides, the square root of 36 is 6, and the result of 12 divided by 2 is 6. So, if two elephants are legless, the remaining 6 elephants would have a total of 36 legs.

[fragmede]

ChatGPT-4 correctly gets 24

https://chat.openai.com/share/e371bcc8-3925-4faa-84a0-30fbb5...

[ghayes]

Interesting. Here was my conversation: https://chat.openai.com/share/8e0c8696-ed08-4578-afc0-2ae944...

[DavidPastrnak]

My mistake - I had it on 3.5.