While technically possible, it is a very unusual situation that the car is already parked at the car wash, while the owner is somewhere else.

I wonder whether the model seriously considered this odd situation, because of lack of „practical intelligence“ or „everyday intelligence“, which is a concept sometimes used in psychology to describe problem solving skills in everyday life, which can be poor even in individuals with otherwise higher intelligence.

Differently put: „You can‘t learn everything out of a book.“

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nettlin 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Just now, with GPT 5.2 Thinking:

> The car wash is only 50 meters from my house. I want to get my car washed. The car is at my house currently. Should I walk there or drive?

> Walk. > > At 50 meters, walking is faster than the full “start car → pull out → reposition → park” cycle, avoids cold-start wear, and you won’t risk arriving with dusty brakes/tires or water streaks from immediately driving afterward. Drive only if you can’t comfortably walk (mobility, heavy weather, you need to bring bulky items), or if the car wash explicitly requires you to drive it into a queue/track.

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Smaug123 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I wish they didn't call it "GPT-5.2 Thinking" when what the word "thinking" here means is "might choose to think if it wants to". I reproduce your result, but it does no reasoning; it eventually catches itself and ends with:

> Practical approach: walk over, check the setup/queue/payment, then walk back and drive the car the 50 meters when you’re ready to enter.

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fzeindl 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Interesting experiment, this disproves my point, thank you.

	▲	leptons 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		>this disproves my point, thank you. I feel like I've just witnessed a very rare and miraculous event on the internet.