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How many times does the letter "r" appear in the word "strawberry"?

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April 09, 2026, 09:22 PM
parabellum
How many times does the letter "r" appear in the word "strawberry"?
Initially, I thought this was a skit, but, apparently not.

https://x.com/DudespostingWs/s.../2042400669466771523


April 09, 2026, 10:26 PM
KMitch200
Big Grin


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April 09, 2026, 11:18 PM
egregore


If AI is to take over, it will have to do better than that.
April 10, 2026, 06:38 AM
joel9507
AI lost its 'r's on that interchange! Smile
April 10, 2026, 06:54 AM
Johnny 3eagles
That's a funny skit!





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April 10, 2026, 07:33 AM
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April 10, 2026, 07:46 AM
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April 10, 2026, 07:51 AM
Georgeair
In the south? Two.
strawbree.



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April 10, 2026, 08:58 AM
Graniteguy
If it's two in the South then it must be 4-5 in the Northeast.
April 10, 2026, 10:03 AM
HK Ag
At select Houston KFC’s it is two R’s and two words = “stah berry”

Used in a sentence “main give me a stah berry drink too”

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April 10, 2026, 12:33 PM
honestlou
quote:
Originally posted by Johnny 3eagles:
That's a funny skit!


It's not a skit. ChatGPT (and I assume other AIs) sometimes, if not often, get things wrong. And can be very stubborn about it. OpenAI will make corrections to fix some of these things, but they are funny when discovered.

I don't know if it still can't deal with it, but one interaction I saw was a user telling ChatGPT that he wanted to get his car washed. He stated that the carwash was only 100 feet away from his house, and asked if he should walk or drive. ChatGPT insisted that he should walk to the carwash.
April 10, 2026, 01:32 PM
drendean
he he he...

I asked Grok in the Brave Browser:

how many 'r's in the word strawberry. ChatGPT says there are 2 (two).

Thought for 2s

There are 3 'r's in "strawberry".Let's break it down:S T R A W B E R R YPosition 3: R
Position 8: R
Position 9: R

→ Three in total. ChatGPT is wrong on this one (it’s a surprisingly common mistake — people often miss that double “rr” before the “y”). Correct answer: 3


drendean
April 10, 2026, 01:36 PM
drendean
On another note, in using Grok many times for 'fixing things', I've often caught it in mistakes - wrong part number lookups, etc. It almost unfailingly apologizes and does a deeper dive confirming what I have pointed out...

We've got to use these things with a 'some wisdom' in these early days of AI.


drendean
April 10, 2026, 01:58 PM
kkina
Definitely not a one-off. I've been seeing a lot of shorts lately from this guy.



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April 10, 2026, 02:25 PM
Patrick-SP2022
AI is not as smart as it thinks it is.

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A researcher invented a fake eye condition called bixonimania, uploaded two obviously fraudulent papers about it to an academic server, and watched major AI systems present it as real medicine within weeks.
The fake papers thanked Starfleet Academy, cited funding from the Professor Sideshow Bob Foundation and the University of Fellowship of the Ring, and stated mid-paper that the entire thing was made up. Google's Gemini told users it was caused by blue light. Perplexity cited its prevalence at one in 90,000 people.

ChatGPT advised users whether their symptoms matched. The fake research was then cited in a peer-reviewed journal that only retracted it after Nature contacted the publisher.


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April 10, 2026, 04:13 PM
Rick_Perry
That is good stuff! Thanks!


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April 10, 2026, 05:32 PM
V-Tail
quote:
Originally posted by Rick_Perry:

That is good stuff! Thanks!
How many 'r's in Rick Perry?



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April 10, 2026, 06:15 PM
mark60
How many would there be if a pirate said it?
April 12, 2026, 11:16 AM
benny6
My son and I just tried this and it’s still broken. We got the same answer as the guy in the video.


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April 12, 2026, 11:42 AM
ScreamingCockatoo
Just wait until AI is doing medical diagnosis.
And gets it wrong. Then who is accountable?





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