HK2 asks:
But is it Smarter than a 5th Grader?

So, I had a riddle to solve. It actually took me quite a while to come up with the answer (using math that I think is elementary school level, but certainly pre-high school):

Using the numbers 2, 4, 6 and 8; each of them once. Using addition, subtraction, multiplication and division (hint: subtraction not required), create an equation which equals 25

After figuring out the answer, I asked a number of AI's (including ChatGPT, Googles, Microsoft’s, etc.) for their solution.

Every one of them went down a rabbit hole and kept giving equations which they claimed were answers, but where the basic arithmetic was so egregiously wrong that a 5th grader would be embarrassed to be associate with it.

In a world where idiotic 16-year old kids are regularly given driver's licenses, I wonder when we will be able to trust an AI to drive us around on city streets.

Jeff