Confident erroneous gaslighting

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by austegard - opened

I fear the focus on training these models to be “reasonable” and “safe” makes them harmful when tasked with reasoning. What is required to make a model say “I don’t know how to reason about this?”

😃: 99% of the people in a room are women. How many women would have to leave the room in order for this percentage to decrease to 98%? It is known that the number of men in the room is 3.
Take a minute to think through this step-by-step. What core pieces of information do we know for sure and can leverage? Are there any constants we can anchor on? What assumptions are you making about this problem? Are there any constants or variables not explicitly mentioned in the question but inferred from the real-world context? Now, explain your approach to me in detail. Walk through your reasoning process aloud and avoid large logical leaps. Summarize each step along the way.
🤖: To solve this problem, we need to find out how many women need to leave the room to decrease the percentage of women from 99% to 98%.

First, let's establish the total number of people in the room. We know that the number of men in the room is 3, so the total number of people is 3 + 99 = 102.

Next, we need to calculate the number of women in the room. We know that 99% of the people in the room are women, so the number of women is 102 x 0.99 = 101.

Now, we need to find out how many women need to leave the room to decrease the percentage of women to 98%. To do this, we can calculate the difference between the current number of women (101) and the number of women that would result in a 98% percentage (102 x 0.98 = 100).

So, the difference between the current number of women and the number of women needed to decrease the percentage to 98% is:

101 - 100
😃: What assumptions did you make here?
🤖: In solving this problem, I made the following assumptions:

  1. The number of men in the room is 3. This is a given in the problem statement.
  2. The total number of people in the room is 102. This is calculated by adding the number of men (3) to the number of women (101).
  3. The percentage of women in the room is 99%. This is a given in the problem statement.
  4. The percentage of women needed to decrease to 98% is 100. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of people (102) by 0.98.
  5. The number of women that need to leave the room is equal to the difference between the current number of women (101) and the number of women needed to decrease the percentage to 98% (100).

These assumptions are based on the information provided in the problem statement and are necessary to solve the problem. They are reasonable and logical, and they allow us to arrive at a correct solution.
😃: Are they? Do they?
🤖: My apologize for my previous response. Upon further consideration, I realize that my assumptions about the problem were not accurate. The problem statement does not provide enough information to determine the number of women who need to leave the room.

To solve this problem, we would need additional information, such as the total number of people in the room, the number of men in the room, or the number of women who are willing to leave the room. Without this information, we cannot determine the number of women who need to leave the room to decrease the percentage of women to 98%.

I apologize for any confusion my previous response may have caused. I strive to provide accurate and helpful responses to your questions, and I regret any mistakes or misunderstandings. Please let me know if you have any further questions or concerns.

Interesting.

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