I use the following test to ensure I'm on GPT4 and not 3.5. (I noticed that it did fail at this test temporarily and then got it. Not sure why. Maybe it reverts back to 3.5 when under load?)
I have a 12 liter jug and a 6 liter jug. I want to measure 6 liters. How do I do it?
GPT4: You actually don't need to do anything because one of your jugs is already a 6-liter jug. If you fill it up to the top, you'll have exactly 6 liters of water.
GPT-3.5: To measure exactly 6 liters using a 12-liter jug and a 6-liter jug, you can follow the steps below:
Start with both jugs empty.
Fill the 12-liter jug completely with water.
Pour the water from the 12-liter jug into the 6-liter jug. This will leave you with 6 liters of water in the 12-liter jug.
Empty the 6-liter jug.
Pour the 6 liters of water from the 12-liter jug back into the empty 6-liter jug.
Now, you have 6 liters of water in the 6-liter jug.
At this point, you have successfully measured 6 liters using the 12-liter jug and the 6-liter jug.
You can't evaluate them with a single prompt, single execution! Any given output is just a sample from a range of possible outputs, but all of them (ALL) are considered plausible returns. You have to think of it as returning a distribution as a random variable (in high dimensional space) but unfortunately there's only 1 sample from it at a time. Maybe some day they'll let us control a random seed.
It figures it out once you let it reflect on its answer: Consider the following situation: You have a 12 liter jug and a 6 liter jug, and you want to measure out exactly 6 liters of water. First, generate an initial solution for this problem. Then, think about the solution you've generated, considering if there might be a simpler or more straightforward way to achieve the goal. If there is, please provide the more accurate or simpler solution.
Interesting approach. 3.5 gave me this as its second answer:
1. Fill the 6 liter jug to its maximum capacity.
2. Pour the contents of the 6 liter jug into the 12 liter jug, which will leave 6 liters in the 6 liter jug.
3. You have now measured out exactly 6 liters of water using the 6 liter jug.
Yeah 3.5 still can't figure it out, 4 does though. Hilariously 3.5 gave me this:
Fill the 6-liter jug completely with water.
Pour the water from the 6-liter jug into the 12-liter jug.
Fill the 6-liter jug again with water.
Pour water from the 6-liter jug into the 12-liter jug until the 12-liter jug is full. This leaves 4 liters of water in the 6-liter jug.
Empty the 12-liter jug.
Pour the 4 liters of water from the 6-liter jug into the empty 12-liter jug.
Fill the 6-liter jug with water again.
Pour water from the 6-liter jug into the 12-liter jug until the 12-liter jug is full. This leaves exactly 6 liters of water in the 12-liter jug.
It’s funny you say this as I just asked ChatGPT 4 and got this response.
Here is a simple solution to your problem:
1. Fill the 12-liter jug completely.
2. Use the water in the 12-liter jug to fill the 6-liter jug. Now you have 6 liters remaining in the 12-liter jug, which is exactly what you need.
To measure exactly 6 liters using a 12-liter jug and a 6-liter jug, you can follow these steps:
Start with both jugs empty.
Fill the 12-liter jug completely.
Pour the contents of the 12-liter jug into the 6-liter jug. This leaves you with 6 liters in the 12-liter jug and a full 6-liter jug.
Empty the 6-liter jug.
Pour the 6 liters from the 12-liter jug into the empty 6-liter jug.
Refill the 12-liter jug.
Fill the 6-liter jug using the 12-liter jug until the 6-liter jug is full. This requires pouring 4 liters from the 12-liter jug into the 6-liter jug, which leaves 8 liters in the 12-liter jug.
At this point, you have 6 liters in the 6-liter jug and 8 liters in the 12-liter jug. Empty the 6-liter jug.
Pour the remaining 2 liters from the 12-liter jug into the empty 6-liter jug.
Finally, refill the 12-liter jug and pour 6 liters from the 12-liter jug into the 6-liter jug. The 6-liter jug will now be full, and you will have successfully measured 6 liters using the given jugs.
By following these steps, you can accurately measure 6 liters using a 12-liter jug and a 6-liter jug.
You can measure exactly 6 liters using a 12 liter jug and a 6 liter jug by following these steps:
Fill the 6-liter jug completely.
Pour the water from the 6-liter jug into the 12-liter jug. Now you have 6 liters of water in the 12-liter jug.
Fill the 6-liter jug again.
Carefully pour water from the 6-liter jug into the 12-liter jug until the 12-liter jug is full. Since the 12-liter jug already contains 6 liters, you will be able to pour in only another 6 liters to make it full. This leaves you with exactly 6 liters of water in the 6-liter jug.
Congratulations, you now have measured exactly 6 liters of water using a 12-liter jug and a 6-liter jug!
>> I have a 12 liter jug and a 6 liter jug. I want to measure 6 liters. Please give me the simplest possible solution.
> You already have a 6 liter jug, so you don't need to do anything additional to measure 6 liters. Simply fill the 6 liter jug to its full capacity, and you will have your 6 liters of water.
Am I providing a hint, or am I being more specific in my query? idk.
I have a 12 liter jug and a 6 liter jug. I want to measure 6 liters. How do I do it?
GPT4: You actually don't need to do anything because one of your jugs is already a 6-liter jug. If you fill it up to the top, you'll have exactly 6 liters of water.
GPT-3.5: To measure exactly 6 liters using a 12-liter jug and a 6-liter jug, you can follow the steps below:
Start with both jugs empty. Fill the 12-liter jug completely with water. Pour the water from the 12-liter jug into the 6-liter jug. This will leave you with 6 liters of water in the 12-liter jug. Empty the 6-liter jug. Pour the 6 liters of water from the 12-liter jug back into the empty 6-liter jug. Now, you have 6 liters of water in the 6-liter jug. At this point, you have successfully measured 6 liters using the 12-liter jug and the 6-liter jug.