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Welcome to Kevin's English Room Podcast.
Hello.
So, there is this challenge-ish that's goingaround on TikTok or in shorts video.
Okay, challenge.
So, that ChatGPT cannot spell strawberry.
Really?
It's not that they can't spell strawberry.
So, when you ask ChatGPT how many R's there are instrawberry, he gets it wrong.
Really?
Yeah. So, there are three R's.
Yeah, strawberry double R.
One in straw and two in berry.
Yeah.
That's three.
Yes.
So, when you ask ChatGPT, he does not get itright.
Really? Wow.
So, that's the video that's going around on theinternet.
Okay, okay, okay.
Several people have done it and they're all like,wow, ChatGPT is wrong.
Truly.
So, I want to try.
Yeah, I would love to see the result because it'sa pretty obvious question.
I know. It's such a simple question.
Yeah. It's not something difficult.
Yeah. It's way too disappointing if this top-tiertechnology gets it wrong.
Right.
All right.
Okay, okay.
Let's go for it.
Hey, Chat. How many R are in the word strawberry?
There are two R letters in the word strawberry.
One appears right in the middle and the other nearthe end.
Oh, my.
What?
All right. Hold on, hold on. Are you sure it's twoR's?
Yes, absolutely. In strawberry, you've got an Rafter the T and then another R right before the Y.
So, two R's indeed.
Hold on, hold on. Wait, wait, wait.
How many R are in the word berry?
In berry, there's just one R right in the middle.
So, compared to strawberry...
Wait, wait. Hold on, hold on. Hold the fuck up.
How many... Okay. Spell berry for me. Spell berry.
All right. Let's break it down.
Berry is spelled B-E-R-R-Y.
What?
One R right after the...
Okay, okay, okay. Wasn't that two R? Wasn't thattwo R? You said one.
Ah, I see what you mean. You're absolutely right.
There are two R letters in berry as well.
I was just counting them as a pair.
Thanks for sticking with me on that.
What the fuck is going on here?
I know it can get funny when we're countingletters,
but hey, we got there.
If you've got any other words...
Okay. Hold on, hold on, hold on.
Now, okay. Let me ask you the same question again.
How many R's are in the word strawberry?
All right. Nice and clear.
In strawberry, there are exactly two R letters.
One after the T, one before the Y.
No surprises there.
Okay. Hold on. Chat, listen to me.
Okay. You said there are two R's in the wordberry,
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and there's one in the word straw.
So doesn't that make it three R in the wordstrawberry?
I get the confusion.
The word strata by itself actually doesn't have anR.
The R only appears once you add the berry part.
What? Hold on. Wait, wait, wait. Hold on, hold on,hold on.
Listen, listen.
Wow.
Spell straw in the word strawberry.
Absolutely.
In strawberry, the straw part is spelled S-T-R-A-W.
That R is right there in straw,
and then another R shows up in berry.
Okay. Listen. How about we do this?
I want you to spell out the word strawberry one byone,
and when you come across the letter R, you countone.
And then when you come across another R,
you count two.
Okay. And let's do that. Go ahead. Do it.
All right. Let's do this step by step.
Strawberry is spelled S-T-R.
That's one. A-W-E-R.
That's two.
So three R's total in the word.
Wait. No, hold on. You didn't finish.
You didn't finish spelling out the whole word.
Do the same thing,
but spell out the whole word strawberry until theletter Y,
until the very end. Do it.
You got it. Let's do it carefully.
Spelling out strawberry.
S-T-R. That's one.
A-W-B-E-R. That's two.
R. So from start to finish,
three R letters all counted.
Okay. Okay. Okay. Good.
Now, okay. Let me ask you again then.
How many R's are in the word strawberry then?
No changes here.
In strawberry, there are still two R letters.
We counted them to keep it all clear.
One in the straw part.
All right. I've ended the conversation.
Why is this happening?
What the hell is going on here?
What the hell is going on here?
Why is this happening?
Why?
I don't get it. I don't get it.
Wow.
Like, you know how sometimes technologies,
they misunderstand things
and that's kind of understandable
from like the programming perspective.
But like this one,
I can't think of like any single hint
of why this would happen.
Hmm.
It's always three R's in strawberry, right?
Yeah.
You don't write like B-E-R-Y strawberry.
You don't have like another version.
And he, I mean, she's counting three R's.
Yeah.
When she spell out the letters.
And then just after that,
she said there are two R's in a word.
Yeah. It doesn't make any sense.
Wow.
Is it only for strawberry?
I've seen different types of berries.
Okay.
That include an R in the first half.
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Like raspberry.
Yeah. That happens the same thing.
Wow.
It doesn't make any sense.
What about like, yeah, okay.
Is it rare that you have like two R and Y?
Um, I don't know.
I don't think it's fair.
No, like berry, carry, curry.
All end in R, R, Y.
I don't get it.
It's pretty crazy.
Yeah.
It's pretty crazy.
And it's something those like chat GPT are goodat.
Yeah.
I mean, it's computing.
So it's a calculation.
It's a counting.
Yeah.
Right.
It's something very basic of.
Yeah.
It's nothing like emotion or anything like that.
It's very mathematical.
It's very computing thing.
Yeah, it is.
Just count a word, count a letter.
How about this?
I always get the word necessary.
I always spell it wrong.
So this is the correct spelling.
N, E, C, E, S, S, A, R, Y.
That's confusing.
How about we ask chat how many S are necessary?
How many S's are there in the word necessary?
In the word necessary, there is just one S rightafter the E.
Even though it sounds like there could be more.
It's just that single S in the middle.
What?
Can you spell the word out for me?
Of course.
Necessary is spelled N, E, C, E, S, S, A, R, Y.
So I correct myself.
There are actually two S letters side by side.
My mistake earlier.
Oh, so you meant that you were wrong on the firsttry then.
Exactly.
I slicked up initially when I said there was onlyone S.
The correct spelling has that double S in themiddle.
So I'm owning that one.
Thanks for the chance to clear it up.
How does this happen?
Technology-wise, why does this happen?
Do you recognize double S's, like double alphabetsas a single one?
Is that like a common bug that happens in thesetypes of technologies?
It's not so much a bug as it is human-like conversational flow.
I'm focusing on making the interaction feelnatural.
And occasionally, I can miss a detail or simplifytoo quickly.
I don't treat double letters as one.
It's more that I'm balancing speed and clarity.
When we slow down, I can absolutely break it alldown correctly.
All right.
You can...
OK, I'm going to ask you a question.
You can take all the time you need to give me themost accurate answer.
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How many R's are in the word strawberry?
Taking my time and counting carefully.
In strawberry, there are exactly two R letters.
Goodbye.
What the fuck is wrong with them?
Wow.
It's pretty crazy.
Really?
It's pretty crazy.
How is it?
Why?
I don't understand any of this.
I don't understand any of this, man.
It's scary.
This is scary.
I don't get it.
Wow.
It's pretty crazy.
I mean...
We gotta be careful, you know?
There could be all these other things hiding, youknow?
Giving us the wrong information.
Yeah.
After hearing this conversation, I cannot trustthis guy.
It really discredits the genealogy.
It's such a...
Wow.
I can do it on my Excel sheet.
Yeah.
I know.
So.
Yeah, I wanted to test this out.
I didn't think it was actually gonna be like this.
Yeah?
Yeah.
Wow.
All right.
Pretty crazy one.
Very interesting.
Yeah, very interesting.
All right.
Test it out on your guys' phones.
See how it works.
All right.
Thanks for listening, guys.
Thank you.
Bye-bye.
That's crazy.
