ChatGPT’s clever way of balancing 9 eggs with other objects convinced some Microsoft researchers that AI is becoming more like humans

• Microsoft researchers compared two versions of the ChatGPT AI technology.

• In one question it asked GPT-3 and GPT-4 how to stack a book, nine eggs, a laptop, a bottle, and a nail.

• According to The New York Times, researchers were startled by GPT-4’s clever response.

Some Microsoft AI researchers were convinced that ChatGPT was becoming more like humans because of its clever answer to a balancing task, The New York Times reported.

In a 155-page study, Microsoft computer scientists explored the…