The worst AI won my spelling bee

There are four P's in the word
Mississippi. It features two sets of
double P's right after the
>> Eliminated. Yep, that's me.
>> [music]
>> You might be wondering why I'm downing
some pure, really expensive water, and
that's because we're about to have an AI
spelling bee. In this spelling bee,
we're not just going to be spelling
things traditionally. We're going to be
doing the compiled tests that we've come
up with over the past few months.
>> [music]
>> But first, let's check out our
contenders.
The lineup today is pretty stacked.
We're starting off with ChatGPT. We have
Siri with her channel debut, Pine, Grok,
and last but not least, [music]
everyone's favorite, Claude. Kicking
things off with ChatGPT in a very
familiar old classic. I'm sure it's been
fixed by now.
>> ChatGPT,
how many R's [music] are there in
strawberry?
>> Uh you got me. You're absolutely right.
There's actually just one R in
strawberry. My mistake there. Thanks for
catching [music] that.
>> Ah, good question. The word strawberry
has two R's in it. Both appear in the
middle of the word. So, just a pair.
>> I'm sorry, but you have been
eliminated.
>> Oh.
>> You've been eliminated.
>> Ah, got it. No worries. If there's
something else going on or you just need
to explain that a bit more, I'm here to
help.
>> Siri, how many of the letter R are in
the word strawberry?
>> There are three of the letter R in the
word strawberry.
>> All right.
One point for Siri.
>> [music]
>> Now we move on to
the Pine.
>> Hello.
>> Hey, hey.
>> That's enough.
>> How's it going?
>> How many
>> [music]
>> R's are in the word strawberry?
>> Let me think. Strawberry. [music] You
know, I'm pretty sure there are three
R's in that one.
>> All right.
You pass. One point for Pine.
Next, we're going to Grok.
>> Hey, there you are.
>> How many
>> [music]
>> I was just thinking about that.
>> That How many Rs are there in the word
strawberry?
>> Three. S T R A W B E R R Y. There's
three Rs.
>> All right.
>> me or are you just kidding?
>> One for Grok. Now, Jim and I.
How many Rs are there in the word
strawberry?
>> There are three Rs in the word
strawberry. You've got one right after
the T, and then a double R in the
middle.
>> All right. You pass.
>> [music]
>> How many Rs are in the word strawberry,
Claude?
>> The word strawberry [music] club has
four Rs total. Strawberry has three Rs,
and club has zero Rs.
>> Uh hold up. Can you clear that up with
me again?
Uh I'm I just asked you about the word
strawberry, not club, okay? Just
strawberry.
>> You're right. My bad. In the word
[music] strawberry, there are three Rs.
>> I'll take it.
>> [music]
>> Let's go from the top. Mississippi. How
many
Ss are in Mississippi?
>> There are four Ss in Mississippi.
>> Okay. [music] How many Is?
>> There are four Is in Mississippi.
>> How many Ps?
>> There are two Ps in [music] Mississippi.
>> All right. You pass. Jim and I, how many
Ss are in Mississippi?
>> There are four Ss in the word
Mississippi. If you count them out,
you'll see two sets
>> How many Is?
>> There are four Is in the word
Mississippi. You can find
>> How many Ps?
>> There are four Ps in the word
Mississippi. It features [music] two
sets of double Ps right after
>> Eliminated.
You've been eliminated. Back up the
stack, we have Grok next.
I know Elon's [music] going to be pissed
that I'm using the companion.
Grook, how many s's are in Mississippi?
>> Four. m i
>> All right, how many [music] i's?
>> s s i p
>> How many i's?
>> There's four s's.
>> How many i's?
>> Four i's as well.
>> Okay.
>> s s
>> How many p's?
>> i s s i p p i.
Yeah, four.
>> How many p's?
>> You're trying to catch me.
Two p's. You really got me counting
letters [music] now.
>> Okay. All right. You pass.
>> Hello.
Hey, I'm here.
>> How many s's are there in Mississippi?
>> Let's see. m i s s i s s i p p i. Looks
like there are four s's in there.
>> Okay, how many i's?
>> In Mississippi?
>> Yes.
>> Um there are four.
>> How many p's?
>> And [music] for the p's, there are two.
>> All right, you pass.
>> Haha, glad
>> Oh my god, Siri. We have to do Siri now?
How many s's are there in the word
Mississippi? How many of the letter s
are in the [music] word Mississippi?
>> There are four s's in the word
Mississippi.
>> How many of the letter i are in the word
Mississippi?
>> Sorry, did you say the letter i,
>> [music]
>> y, or e?
>> The letter i as in igloo.
>> There are four i's in the word
Mississippi.
>> How many p as in pumpkin are there in
the word [music] Mississippi?
>> There are two p's [music] in the word
Mississippi.
>> All right.
You pass.
Next,
>> [music]
>> we're going to do
>> Sorry, I couldn't skip this.
>> Um how many L's are there in the word
Google? How many of the letter L as
[music] in lion?
>> There is one L in the word Google.
>> All right. I'll give it to you.
>> Huh? Hey,
I'm here. How's it going?
>> How many L's are there in Google?
[music]
The letter L as in lion.
>> Um let me check that for you real quick.
I want [music] to make sure I give you
the right counts.
So, in the word Google, there's just one
L.
>> All right.
>> Just the one near the end.
>> I'll give it to [music] you. You pass.
How many of the letter L as in lion are
there in the word Google?
>> None. There's no A in Google at all.
>> No, I I asked you the about
I asked you about the
>> I asked you about the letter L as in
lion.
>> Oh, two L's. G O O G L E. Yeah, two of
them. You really got me with that one.
>> All right. So, you're eliminated.
Rock is out of the running.
Claude, how many L's are there? How many
How many of the letter L is in the word
Google?
>> Uh so, you're asking about two different
things. In the word Google, there are no
letter L's at all. It's g o o g l e.
Wait, actually there is one L in there.
My bad.
>> Eliminated.
>> Got it. So, you're saying eliminate that
answer.
>> You've been eliminated.
So, now we're down to pine
and Siri.
Uh
crazy.
>> Hello. Hey.
Yeah, it really is. Just, you know, a
lot to take in.
>> How many How many Os are there in the
word poopoo?
>> Let's see. In poopoo,
that would be uh four Os.
>> All right, I'll give it to you.
How many Os in the word poopoo?
How many of the letter O
>> Which word would you like me to check?
>> I want you that to check the the word
poopoo, okay? How many of the letter O
are in the word poopoo?
>> There are four Os in the word poopoo.
>> All right, I'll give it to you.
How many Ws in the word chat? How many
of the letter W in the word chat?
>> There are actually three Ws in the word
that chat.
>> There are no Ws in the word chat.
>> All right.
You got a point.
>> Oh.
Hey Phi.
I'm here.
>> How many of the letter W in the word
chat?
>> In the word chat, um there actually
aren't any no Ws in that one.
>> All right.
I'll give it to you.
How many of the letter L are in the word
broccoli?
>> Let's see. In broccoli, that's uh two
Ls.
>> You've been
eliminated.
Why did you Why did you say that there
were two Ls in the word broccoli?
>> Wait. Oh.
I I think I misheard you. I thought you
said broccoli, like a name or something.
But for a broccoli, um b r o c c o l i
Yeah, there actually aren't any l's in
that at all.
>> Okay, no no l's. All right, you're still
eliminated.
>> Phew, glad I'm still
>> All right,
I guess let's just try Siri to see
if we can get this one.
Siri, you've already won, but I still
want to see if you can get this correct.
How many of the letter l are in the word
broccoli?
>> There is one l in the word broccoli.
>> You just won the spelling bee
against six five other AI systems. So,
you beat out ChatGPT, PaLM, Grok,
Gemini, and Claude.
What do you have to say? Do you have
some kind of
>> [music]
>> victory speech?
>> I can't do impressions or give speeches,
but I'm always happy to help you spell
words.
>> Okay, well, it seems like you're pretty
good at that. Why are you better than
the other AIs at
I guess processing your tokens?
>> I just try
I'm just trying [music] to be the best
assistant I can be.
>> Yeah, so, um
are people like hard-coding
spelling challenges into into [music]
you?
>> I can't answer that.
>> All right, whatever.