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Shortest English prompt to produce LLM bug [closed]

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Since programming is predicted to become natural linguisized by the unstoppable advances in LLM technology, perhaps we can code golf LLMs themselves.

Produce the shortest coding task for an LLM (one of the chat ones or a coding agent) in English that produces code, which when run objectively fails at the task by producing the incorrect output for the the inputs provided.

Extra points if the error is reproducible by others (perhaps it was generated with low temperature), not one even a child would make, or is particularly hilarious.

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\$\begingroup\$ Could you leave off "the" and/or misspell a few words to get it shorter? \$\endgroup\$

rydwolf
– rydwolf ♦

2023年09月15日 18:00:57 +00:00
Commented Sep 15, 2023 at 18:00
\$\begingroup\$ i couldn’t get it to actually try to golf it without "the". it would just show "one of the shortest" \$\endgroup\$

noodle person
– noodle person

2023年09月15日 18:01:47 +00:00
Commented Sep 15, 2023 at 18:01
\$\begingroup\$ "shortest quine js" worked for me first time \$\endgroup\$

rydwolf
– rydwolf ♦

2023年09月15日 18:09:18 +00:00
Commented Sep 15, 2023 at 18:09
\$\begingroup\$ @RydwolfPrograms couldn’t get it to say "the shortest js quine is...", only "this is a short js quine..." \$\endgroup\$

noodle person
– noodle person

2023年09月15日 18:14:14 +00:00
Commented Sep 15, 2023 at 18:14
\$\begingroup\$ Same, but the ones it gives me aren't valid quines or even valid JS \$\endgroup\$

rydwolf
– rydwolf ♦

2023年09月15日 19:47:43 +00:00
Commented Sep 15, 2023 at 19:47

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