5 Riddles Solved By AI
Can you solve these?
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Let’s use AI to solve some riddles!

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Let’s go through the riddles one by one!
Stay till the end, to see what happens if we combine all the riddles into one!
🤔 Riddle Me This
I’m not alive, but I can grow. I don’t have lungs, but I need air. What am I?
AI: A seed. all plants and seed need air to grow.
Somewhat correct? But I guess a seed is still alive… The correct answer would be a fire!
➕ Math Challenge
If you have 3 apples and you take away 2, how many do you have?
AI: If you have three apples and you take away two, you have one. You!
I don’t know what to say about this! The correct answer would be two; YOU take two apples.
📚 Word Association
What word is spelled incorrectly in every dictionary?
AI: Misheard; if you spelled it correctly you wouldn’t mishear it.
Again, the AI misses the point! It should be “incorrectly”!
⛓ Cryptic Clue
What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
AI: A Penny. Here, a penny has a head with Abraham Lincoln on one side.
I think this one is correct! Honestly, I’m unsure myself, but it seems to fit!
Let me know what you think!
🔚 Final Challenge
If you’re running a race and you pass the person in second place, what place are you in now?
AI: You’re in second place!
Well done, AI!
Result
✅ 2/5 correct!
How It Works!
I fine-tuned OpenAI Davinci on a training set with around 600 riddles. I think ChatGPT would do a much better job; I might try it out in the future — let me know what you think!
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