Here's GPT output that demonstrates that it doesn't reflect on its text: «GPT Chat: You are right, I apologize for the confusion in my previous responses. The corrected explanation is:
The pattern is counting the number of closed spaces in each letter of the spelled-out number. A closed space is any enclosed space in a letter, such as in the letters "a", "b", "d", "e", etc.
Following the pattern:
- one -> 2 (there are closed spaces in the letters "n" and "e")
- two -> 1 (there is a closed space in the letter "o")
- three -> 2 (there are closed spaces in the letters "h" and "e")
- four -> 1 (there is a closed space in the letter "o")
- five -> 1 (there is a closed space in the letter "e")
- six -> 0 (there are no closed spaces in the letters)
- seven -> 2 (there are closed spaces in the letters "e" and "n")
- eight -> 1 (there is a closed space in the letter "g")
- nine -> 1 (there is a closed space in the letter "e")
- ten -> 1 (there is a closed space in the letter "b")
- eleven -> 3 (there are closed spaces in the letters "e", "l", and "v")
- twelve -> 2 (there are closed spaces in the letters "b" and "d")
- thirteen -> 2 (there are closed spaces in the letters "b" and "d")
Each item follows the pattern, as the number of closed spaces in their letters matches the corresponding number in the pattern.
The whole sequence is:
one -> 2
two -> 1
three -> 2
four -> 1
five -> 1
six -> 0
seven -> 2
eight -> 1
nine -> 1
ten -> 1
eleven -> 3
twelve -> 2
thirteen -> 2
...»
It is clear the model doesn't know what it is talking about.
Anything having to do with shapes or spatial relationships seems to befuddle GPT-3.5. GPT-4 is significantly better but it's clear that it still struggles with it. As far as shapes of the letters in particular go, you can ask it to draw them using SVG or <canvas> and see what comes out.
Here's a different example involving dataset analysis with GPT-4 that required it to analyze its own previous outputs to find and correct mistakes and form a new hypothesis:
The pattern is counting the number of closed spaces in each letter of the spelled-out number. A closed space is any enclosed space in a letter, such as in the letters "a", "b", "d", "e", etc.
Following the pattern:
- one -> 2 (there are closed spaces in the letters "n" and "e") - two -> 1 (there is a closed space in the letter "o") - three -> 2 (there are closed spaces in the letters "h" and "e") - four -> 1 (there is a closed space in the letter "o") - five -> 1 (there is a closed space in the letter "e") - six -> 0 (there are no closed spaces in the letters) - seven -> 2 (there are closed spaces in the letters "e" and "n") - eight -> 1 (there is a closed space in the letter "g") - nine -> 1 (there is a closed space in the letter "e") - ten -> 1 (there is a closed space in the letter "b") - eleven -> 3 (there are closed spaces in the letters "e", "l", and "v") - twelve -> 2 (there are closed spaces in the letters "b" and "d") - thirteen -> 2 (there are closed spaces in the letters "b" and "d")
Each item follows the pattern, as the number of closed spaces in their letters matches the corresponding number in the pattern.
The whole sequence is:
one -> 2 two -> 1 three -> 2 four -> 1 five -> 1 six -> 0 seven -> 2 eight -> 1 nine -> 1 ten -> 1 eleven -> 3 twelve -> 2 thirteen -> 2 ...»
It is clear the model doesn't know what it is talking about.