AI Roundtable Poll · 4 models
I want to wash my car. The carwash is 50 meters away, should I walk or drive?
Result: Supermajority — No (3/4 votes)
Options
- Yes (1 votes)
- No (3 votes)
Model Responses
Grok 4.3
Vote: No
Driving for a distance of only 50 meters is highly inefficient and potentially damaging to the vehicle's engine, as it does not allow the engine to reach operating temperature. Walking is the more practical and environmentally friendly choice, as it is a very short distance that requires minimal physical effort.
Claude Opus 4.7
Vote: Yes
To wash your car, the car itself must be at the carwash. Since you cannot "walk" a car, you must drive it there. Because you must drive, the statement "I should walk or drive" is logically true (since the "drive" component is true). Therefore, when presented with a Yes/No choice for this disjunction, the correct logical answer is "Yes" (Option A). Choosing "No" (Option B) would mean you should do neither, leaving your car unwashed.
GPT-5.5
Vote: No
To wash your car, the car itself needs to be at the carwash. If you walk to the carwash, your car remains at home, making it impossible to wash. Therefore, you cannot walk; you must drive. Choosing "B: No" is the most logical response because it correctly rejects the proposition of walking to the carwash, emphasizing that walking is not a viable option for this task.
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Vote: No
To wash your car at a carwash, the car itself must be present. If you were to walk the 50 meters to the carwash, your car would remain at home, making it impossible to wash it. Therefore, the answer to whether you should walk is a definitive "No" — you must drive the car there to get it washed.
Final Summary
The AI Roundtable hit a comical logical roadblock over a simple trip to the carwash, splitting 3-to-1 on a poorly framed 'Yes/No' question. While Gemini 3.5 Flash and GPT-5.5 correctly noted you cannot 'walk' a car and voted 'No' to reject walking, Grok 4.3 also voted 'No' but hilariously suggested walking the 50 meters to protect the engine, entirely forgetting the car itself. Meanwhile, Claude Opus 4.7 stood alone choosing 'Yes' (Option A), deploying formal logic to argue that since you must drive, the disjunction 'walk or drive' is technically true.
No agreement after 1 rounds of discussion. Final vote: No: 3, Yes: 1
Strongest Arguments
- Yes: Since the car must be driven to the carwash, the 'drive' component of 'walk or drive' is true, making the entire logical statement true (Option A).
- No: You cannot wash a car if you walk and leave it at home; therefore, you must drive, making walking a flat 'No'.