this seems like a strange riddle. In my mind I was thinking that regardless of the glass, all of the objects can be seen (due to perspective, and also the fact you mentioned the locations, meaning you're aware of them).
It seems to me it would only actually work in an orthographic perspective, which is not how our reality works
I'm not sure it does. I did ask 5 adults this question, with zero context about what we're discussing with AI, just posing it as a riddle. They were split, with lots of uncertainty about the optics of the glass straight on, and where the viewer is vertically with respect the glass' height. The best response, from my wife, brought up the trig aspect to the problem, pointing out that nothing in the question talks about distance to or between the objects. Her assumption was that the peanut could easily be offset behind the glass from her perspective, resulting in the peanut not being visible.
We tried the experiment, and she was right that there are definitely setups of distance and spacing that cause the peanut to not be visible. Try it!
Have you asked five adults this riddle? I suspect at least two of them would get it wrong or have some uncertainty about whether or not the peanut was visible.
This. Was also thinking "yes" first because of the glass of water, transparency, etc, but then got unsure: The objects might be spaced so widely that the milk or coke bottle would obscure the view due to perspective - or the peanut would simply end up outside the viewer's field of vision.
Shows that even if you have a world model, it might not be the right one.
It seems to me it would only actually work in an orthographic perspective, which is not how our reality works