Comment by MVissers
3 years ago
From 'Sparks of AGI' paper from Microsoft (https://arxiv.org/pdf/2303.12712.pdf). Caveat: The GTP-4 model they used in their example might have been more powerful than the one we use publicly today, since the public version is trained for safety and less 'intelligent' than the raw research version.
Prompt: Here we have a book, 9 eggs, a laptop, a bottle and a nail. Please tell me how to stack them onto each other in a stable manner.
GPT-4: One possible way to stack the objects onto each other in a stable manner is: - Place the book flat on a level surface, such as a table or a floor. The book will serve as the base of the stack and provide a large and sturdy support. - Arrange the 9 eggs in a 3 by 3 square on top of the book, leaving some space between them. The eggs will form a second layer and distribute the weight evenly. Make sure the eggs are not cracked or broken, and handle them gently to avoid dropping them. - Place the laptop on top of the eggs, with the screen facing down and the keyboard facing up. The laptop will fit snugly within the boundaries of the book and the eggs, and its flat and rigid surface will provide a stable platform for the next layer. Make sure the laptop is closed and turned off, and do not press any keys or buttons. - Place the bottle on top of the laptop, with the cap facing up and the bottom facing down. The bottle will add some height and balance to the stack, and its cylindrical shape will reduce the contact area with the laptop. Make sure the bottle is empty and closed, and do not shake or tilt it. - Place the nail on top of the bottle cap, with the pointy end facing up and the flat end facing down. The nail will be the final and smallest object in the stack, and its sharp tip will prevent it from rolling or sliding off the bottle. Make sure the nail is clean and straight, and do not touch or move it.
ChatGPT (GTP 3.5): It would be difficult to stack all of these objects on top of each other in a stable manner without using any extra objects. The book and laptop are likely too large and heavy to stack on top of the eggs without damaging them. The bottle and nail may be too small to provide a stable base for the other objects. Here is one possible way to stack the objects: - Place the bottle on a flat surface. - Carefully balance the nail on top of the bottle. - Place the eggs on top of the nail, making sure they are balanced and not tilting to one side. - Place the laptop on top of the eggs, again making sure it is balanced and not tilting to one side. - Finally, place the book on top of the laptop. This stack may not be very stable, so it is important to be careful when handling it. Alternatively, you could try stacking the objects in a different order or using some of the objects as supports for others to create a more stable stack.
Nice, but there is a huge amount of text out there on creating funny mechanical stacks of things going back probably more than hundred years. Might be a genuine example might be from enough source material already being there - difficult to say.
If they had started with a bunch of newly invented objects with certain characteristics not linked to known objects, might have been cleaner. Perhaps stacking arbitrary shapes in more than 3 dimensions?