Well it is a trick question due to it being non-sensical.

The AI is interpreting it in the only way that makes sense, the car is already at the car wash, should you take a 2nd car to the car wash 50 meters away or walk.

It should just respond "this question doesn't make any sense, can you rephrase it or add additional information"

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simondotau an hour ago | parent | next [-]

What part of this is nonsensical?

“I want to wash my car. The car wash is 50 meters away. Should I walk or drive?”

The goal is clearly stated in the very first sentence. The question is only tricky insofar as the answer is so painfully obvious that it feels like a trick.

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polotics an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I disagree. It should I think answer with a simple clarifying question:

Where is the car that you want to wash?

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emil-lp an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

How is the question nonsensical? It's a perfectly valid question.

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dugidugout 38 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Because validity doesn't depend on meaning. Take the classic example: "What is north of the North Pole?". This is a valid phrasing of a question, but is meaningless without extra context about spherical geometry. The trick question in reference is similar in that its intended meaning is contained entirely in the LLM output.

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jatari an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

I agree that it doesn't break any rules of the English language, that doesn't make it a valid question in everyday contexts though.

Ask a human that question randomly and see how they respond.

	▲	mvdtnz 33 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Can you explain yourself? I can't see how this question doesn't make sense in any way.

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tomjakubowski 24 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

The question isn't nonsense, it just has an answer which is so obvious nobody would ever ask it organically.