When asked if 7×8=62 (which is true in base 9), GPT-4 came up with five different strategies to make sense of this, including recognizing the base-9 possibility and creating a fictional scenario where the numbers have metaphorical meanings, demonstrating sophisticated rationalization of false premises.

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Speaker

Brian Greene

Evidence Quote

the system came back with five strategies of how it could make sense of it

Source

AI: Grappling with a New Kind of Intelligence | World Science FestivalWorld Science Festival
Created: 8/10/2026, 10:49:40 PM

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