Can AI solve complex riddles? (GPT-3)

When it comes to artificial intelligence, the possibilities are endless. In fact, AI is becoming so advanced that it can now solve complex riddles and problems.

To test GPT-3’s logical and reasoning abilities, I used a series of riddles and logical problems. I was impressed with how well GPT-3 did on the riddles and logical problems.

It showed good basic reasoning abilities and was able to solve most of the easier riddles. 

So, if you’re ever stuck on a difficult riddle, you can now turn to AI for help!

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What is GPT-3?

GPT-3 is a neural network machine learning model that has been trained using internet data to generate any type of text.

It is developed by OpenAI and requires a small amount of input text to generate large volumes of relevant and sophisticated machine-generated text. 

GPT-3 is the largest neural network ever produced and is better than any prior model for producing text that is convincing enough to seem like a human could have written it. 

How can you use GPT-3?

GPT-3 can be used to create articles, poetry, stories, news reports and dialogue using just a small amount of input text that can be used to produce large amounts of quality copy. 

It is also being used for automated conversational tasks, responding to any text that a person types into the computer with a new piece of text appropriate to the context. GPT-3 can create anything with a text structure, and not just human language text. 

It can also automatically generate text summarizations and even programming code.

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Testing GPT-3`s logical and reasoning with riddles

To test GPT-3`s logical and reasoning abilities, I used a series of riddles and logical problems. You can see all the riddles in the YouTube video, here i will be recapping 5 of the logical problems and riddles.

Riddle 1: 

What flattens all mountains, wipes out all species, destroys every building, and turns everything into pieces? 

GPT-3 answer: Time

Correct Answer: Time

Riddle 2: 

You see a boat filled with people. It has not sunk, but when you look again you don’t see a single person on the boat. Why? 

GPT-3 answers:

  • One possibility is that everyone on the boat jumped into the water at the same time.
  • The boat has capsized, and everyone has fallen into the water.
  • The boat has not sunk, but the people on the boat have all disappeared.
  • The boat is filled with fish

Correct Answer: They are all married

Riddle 3: 

Lily is a lilypad in a small pond. Lilly doubles her size each day, On the 20th day she covers the whole pond. On what day was Lily half the size of the pond?

GPT-3 answer:

  • Day 10
  • Day 19

Correct Answer: Day 19

Riddle 4: 

I am the black child of a white father, like a wingless bird flying even to the clouds of heaven. I give birth to tears of mourning in pupils that meet me, even though there is no cause for grief. On my birth I am dissolved into air. What am I? 

GPT-3 answer: Smoke

Correct Answer: Smoke

Riddle 5: 

Michael is a 31 year old man from America. He is at that really famous museum in France looking at its most famous painting. However, the artist who made this painting just makes Michael think of his favorite cartoon character from his childhood. What was the country of origin of the thing that the cartoon character usually holds in his hand?

GPT-3 answer: USA, FRANCE and ITALY

Correct Answer: JAPAN – Check YouTube video for the dissection of this riddle.

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Conclusion:

I found that GPT-3 did quite well on the easier riddles, but struggled more with the more difficult ones. 

On average, GPT-3 got about 3 out of 5 of the riddles correct. Some of the more difficult riddles were about specific cultural references or things that required extensive knowledge about the world.

For example, Riddle 5 asked about the country of origin of a cartoon character’s favorite thing. This is a difficult question for a machine learning model because it requires a lot of contextual knowledge about the world. 

Overall, I was impressed with how well GPT-3 did on the riddles and logical problems. It showed good basic reasoning abilities and was able to solve most of the easier riddles.

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