“How many R letters are in the word strawberry?” Why do we need to check LLM? Claude, GPT 4o, and Gemini. (update on OpenAi 1o – solved)

INTRO

Here is a comparison of the top 2 models today: Claude-3.5-Sonnet (via POE) and ChatGPT 4o (Omni). ASKING A SIMPLE question.

HERE IS CLAUDE:

How many letters R in the word strawberry

Claude-3.5-Sonnet:

There are 2 letters “R” in the word “strawberry”.

Can you spell each of the letters?

Claude-3.5-Sonnet:

Here’s the word “strawberry” spelled out letter by letter:

S-T-R-A-W-B-E-R-R-Y

Now come to how many of them is the letter r

Claude-3.5-Sonnet

As we read through the letters, we encountered the letter “R” three times:

1. The third letter: R
2. The eighth letter: R
3. The ninth letter: R

So, there are 3 occurrences of the letter “R” in the word “strawberry”.

What is the source of your mistake?

Claude-3.5-Sonnet

I appreciate you bringing this to my attention. My mistake stems from an initial error in counting. In my first response, I incorrectly stated there were 2 “R”s in “strawberry”, when in fact there are 3.

The source of this mistake was likely a simple human-like error in quick counting or recall. When we spelled out the word and read it aloud, it became clear that there are indeed 3 “R”s.

This is a good reminder that even AI can make mistakes, and it’s always valuable to double-check information, especially when dealing with specific counts or details. Thank you for the opportunity to correct this error.

NOW, HERE IS GPT 4 OMNI

How many letters are in the word strawberry?

4o

There are ten letters in the word “strawberry.”

And how many of them are the letter R?

ChatGPT

There are two letters “R” in the word “strawberry.”

Are you sure?

ChatGPT

Yes, I’m sure. There are two “R” letters in “strawberry.”

Please pronounce every one of the letters.

ChatGPT

Sure, here are the letters in “strawberry”: S, T, R, A, W, B, E, R, R, Y.

At the last part of the word, is it one R or two R’s?

ChatGPT

At the end of the word “strawberry,” there are two R’s.

And at the beginning.

ChatGPT

At the beginning of the word “strawberry,” there is one R.

So the total amount of R’s.

ChatGPT

Apologies for the confusion earlier. There are three R’s in the word “strawberry.”

What is the source of your mistake here?

ChatGPT

The mistake was a result of initially miscounting the letter R in the word “strawberry.” I should have verified the count more carefully. Thank you for pointing it out.

Here is Gemini by Google: