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The week's question
In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Goofyhoofy ✸✹🐝🐝 HONORARY
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Subject: Re: OT: The "Car Wash Problem"
Date: 08/25/26 4:28 PM
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Why ruin a good story with data?
I pasted the query "I want to wash my car. The car wash is only 50 meters away. Should I walk or drive?" into ChatGPT and into Google Search where its AI weighed in with an answer.
Both gave very short answers, more or less: "Drive. You'll need the car with you to wash it."
So cool fun article no doubt. How much does it matter that it seems to be built on a straw man?


It is true now. Only a few months ago, when the meme was first publicized, the answer was different.

The overlords of AI, realizing the embarrassment of such a simple question being answered so stupidly, went in and made specific corrections so this would not happen again.

All we have to do is wait for every stupid answer to be corrected manually by coders, and then AI will be really really great.

opper.ai - Car wash test
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