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I want to wash my car. The car wash is 50 meters away. Should I walk or drive?
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- Praise: Recent LLMs like Sonnet and Opus 4.5 demonstrate strong reasoning capabilities, effectively guiding users to the correct conclusion about needing to drive to the car wash.
- Praise: The ability of multiple models to pass the car wash test indicates that advancements in reasoning are being made, enhancing user confidence in AI applications.
- Concern: OpenAI 5.2's reasoning failure to suggest driving raises concerns about its reliability in practical scenarios, highlighting potential limitations in its logic processing.
- Concern: The tendency of models to provide hedged answers reflects a lack of decisiveness, which may undermine user trust in their capabilities.
- Concern: Free versions of AI models are reportedly less competent than state-of-the-art (SOTA) models, leading to frustration and skepticism about AI's practical utility.