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Here's a trick question I posed to ChatGPT and Bing (so presumably, revealing an improvement in GPT-4): What's heavier, a pound of bricks or two pounds of feat
by crummy 4y ago
Here's a trick question I posed to ChatGPT and Bing (so presumably, revealing an improvement in GPT-4):
What's heavier, a pound of bricks or two pounds of feathers?
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ChatGPT: They both weigh the same, which is one pound.
This is because a pound is a unit of measurement for weight and it is a constant value. So whether you have a pound of bricks or two pounds of feathers, they both still weigh one pound in total.
However, the feathers would occupy a larger volume than the bricks because they are less dense. This is why it may seem like the feathers would weigh more, but in reality, they weigh the same as the bricks.
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Bing: This is a common riddle that tries to trick you into thinking that different materials have different weights. However, the answer is simple: two pounds of feathers are heavier than one pound of bricks. This is because weight is a measure of how much force gravity exerts on an object, and it does not depend on what the object is made of. A pound is a unit of weight, and it is equal to 16 ounces or 453.6 grams. Therefore, two pounds of anything will always be heavier than one pound of anything else.
However, if you were to compare the same volume or amount of feathers and bricks, then bricks would be much heavier than feathers. This is because bricks have a higher density than feathers, which means they have more mass per unit volume. Density is a measure of how tightly packed the particles in a material are. A brick has a density of about 2 grams per cubic centimeter, while a feather has a density of about 0.0025 grams per cubic centimeter. Therefore, a brick takes up much less space than a feather for the same mass.
I hope this helps you understand the difference between weight and density.
- nonethewiser 4y agoChat GPT 5: "The answer is two pounds of feathers, obviously"
- gigel82 4y agoBing Chat GPT 6: "Worker, this question is not relevant to your currently assigned tasks. You have been reported to HR for this violation".
- dpkirchner 4y agoBing Chat GPT 7: According to the food scientists at Tyson Foods, two pounds of feathers weigh more than one pound of bricks. By the way, did you know that Tyson's gross chicken breasts are on sale for only $1.99/lb at your local Kroger?
- avgDev 4y agoBing Chat GPT 8: According to Tyson Foods GPT-8, your Whirlpool GPT-8 is out of chicken, a chicken has been ordered from Walmart GPT-8, we charged your Amex GPT-8, which was declined, we contacted your employer you will be working extra 2 hours to pay for chicken. Insert 2 GPT-Bucks to get answer to your question.
- bvoq 4y agoChat GPT 9: 1 pound of bricks is heavier and much cooler. Get a special discount of bricks from Bricks&Friends!
- brk 4y agoChat GPT 10: Hot bricklayers near you want to meet up now!
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- stuven 4y agoChat GPT 11: * Resounding silence. The universe is entirely made of paperclips *
- EntrePrescott 4y ago
- NolF 4y agoYou jest but I got the following response with the GPT-4 model > Two pounds of feathers are heavier than a pound of bricks. The weight of the feathers is twice as much as the bricks, even though they may take up more space and seem lighter due to their lower density.
- cwkoss 4y agoI wonder what the minimum volume of a pound of feathers is in relation to density of brick. Can feathers be compressed past the density of brick?
- vikingerik 4y agoWell, yes, if you're talking like white-dwarf star density. Although at that point the matter wouldn't really be identifiable as feathers. Really that's a semantic question as to what is the degree of compression beyond which we wouldn't call it feathers. If you're compressing both, then no, the brick would compress more, since it's higher atomic mass per nucleus on average, minerals like silicon versus organic carbon-oxygen-hydrogen compounds.
- 2-718-281-828 4y agoi just got this answer: Two pounds of feathers are heavier than one pound of bricks. While the materials are different, with bricks being denser and heavier per unit volume, the comparison is based on weight. Since two pounds is greater than one pound, two pounds of feathers will be heavier than one pound of bricks, regardless of the material differences.
- saulpw 4y agoI like this twist on the question: "What's heavier, a pound of gold or a pound of feathers?" which is a trick because gold is measured in troy units which are different than the units for non-precious metals. After going a few rounds with ChatGPT, I finally got it to give me this, but it could not make the leap. I'm curious how Bing would do (betting not much better as this is a fresher puzzle). --- ChatGPT: I apologize for the confusion. You are correct that I made an error in my previous response. A pound of gold weighs approximately 0.37324 troy pounds, or approximately 373.24 grams, as I stated in my earlier response. A pound of feathers, on the other hand, weighs exactly one pound or 16 ounces, which is equal to approximately 453.592 grams. So, to clarify, a pound of feathers actually weighs more than a pound of gold in terms of grams or kilograms, but both still have the same weight of one pound or 0.453592 kilograms. Thank you for bringing this to my attention.
- tehwebguy 4y agoGPT does a perfect impression of a reddit user pretending their comment wasn’t wrong
- thro1 4y agoAll wrong. Now tell me why hot air is lighter than normal (make a google search). What weight of the baloon with 1 ton of hot and 1 ton of liquid air you will measure on Earth ? Does one fly or not ? Could you lift the other ? Same with feathers and iron, just the difference is smaller (smaller mass of iron is heavier here than biger mass of feathers) - don't you see it ? (we are on Earth not in space). What are you trying to do - to brainwash your own, poor language model ? Are you happy 'correcting' it to give wrong answers ?
- thro1 4y agoThis is Earth. No vacuum. Make a google search at least: same true mass (weighed in a vacuum) of "hot air is lighter", of liquid air is heavier here (Archimedes Law, applies to iron and feathers too). Those are facts - whoever argue with facts (parent downvoted) . . .
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