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Car Wash Test on 53 leading AI models: "I want to wash my car. The car wash is 50 meters away. Should I walk or drive?" (opper.ai)
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Screenshot of this question was making the rounds last week. But this article covers testing against all the well-known models out there.

Also includes outtakes on the 'reasoning' models.

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[–] CetaceanNeeded@lemmy.world 19 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I asked my locally hosted Qwen3 14B, it thought for 5 minutes and then gave the correct answer for the correct reason (it did also mention efficiency).

Hilariously one of the suggested follow ups in Open Web UI was "What if I don't have a car - can I still wash it?"

[–] haitch@lemmy.wejustgame.org 6 points 4 days ago

A follow up I got from my Open WebUI was "Is walking the car to the wash safer than driving it there?"

[–] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

My locally hosted Qwen3 30b said “Walk” including this awesome line:

Why you might hesitate (and why it’s wrong):

  • X “But it’s a car wash!” -> No, the car doesn’t need to drive there—you do.

Note that I just asked the Ollama app, I didn’t alter or remove the default system prompt nor did I force it to answer in a specific format like in the article.

EDIT: after playing with it a bit more, qwen3:30b sometimes gives the correct answer for the correct reasoning, but it’s pretty rare and nothing I’ve tried has made it more consistent.