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Ok so I asked "how many bs in bluberry" and it "thought" the following -

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  First, the question is: "How many bs in bluberry?" That seems like a typo. I   think it's meant to be "blueberry," but it's spelled "bluberry" with one 'e' missing. Also, "bs" probably refers to the letter 'b'.
  So, rephrasing the question: How many times does the letter 'b' appear in the word "blueberry"?
  But the word given is "bluberry," which might be a misspelling of "blueberry." Let me confirm the correct spelling. The standard spelling is "blueberry," which has two 'e's: b-l-u-e-b-e-r-r-y.
  The question says "bluberry," which is missing the second 'e', so it's spelled b-l-u-b-e-r-r-y. That might be intentional or a mistake. I should answer based on the word as given.
  The question is: "How many bs in bluberry?" So, I need to count the 'b's in "bluberry."
  Let me write it out: B-L-U-B-E-R-R-Y.
  Now, I'll go through each letter:
  Position 1: B (that's one b)
  Position 2: L (not b)
  Position 3: U (not b)
  Position 4: B (that's the second b)
  Position 5: E (not b)
  Position 6: R (not b)
  Position 7: R (not b)
  Position 8: Y (not b)
  So, there are two 'b's in "bluberry."
  But is "bluberry" the correct word? It's probably a misspelling of "blueberry." In "blueberry," it's B-L-U-E-B-E-R-R-Y.
  Position 1: B (one)
  Position 2: L
  Position 3: U
  Position 4: E
  Position 5: B (two)
  Position 6: E
  Position 7: R
  Position 8: R
  Position 9: Y
  "Blueberry" has nine letters, and there are two 'b's: one at the start and one after the 'e'.
  In "bluberry," as given, it's eight letters: B-L-U-B-E-R-R-Y, with two 'b's.
  Perhaps the question is tricking me with the misspelling. But I should answer based on what's written.
  Another thought: "bs" might be plural for 'b', meaning how many 'b's, or it could be something else. But in context, it's likely about the letter.
  Maybe it's a riddle. "Bluberry" sounds like "blueberry," but spelled differently.
  Perhaps "bs" refers to something else, like the fruit or something, but that seems unlikely. The question says "bs," which is probably "b's" meaning the letter b.
  Let me read the question carefully: "How many bs in bluberry?"
  It might be a play on words. "Bluberry" could be intended as "blueberry," and "bs" might be misinterpreted.
  Another idea: in some contexts, "b" could stand for something, but here it's probably straightforward.
  Perhaps it's about the sound. But the question is written, so it's about spelling.
  I think I should just count the 'b's in the given word.
  So, in "bluberry": letters are B, L, U, B, E, R, R, Y. So, B appears twice.
  Therefore, there are two 'b's.
  But to be thorough, let's consider if "bluberry" is a word. It's not standard; it's a misspelling. However, for the purpose of this question, I'll use it as is.
  Perhaps the question has a typo, and it's meant to be "blueberry." But since it's written as "bluberry," I'll go with that.
  Final answer should be 2.
  The question says "bs," which might be lowercase, but in counting, case usually doesn't matter, and here it's all lowercase or mixed? The word is "bluberry," which is lowercase, and "bs" is lowercase, so it's fine.
  In English, when counting letters, we don't distinguish case unless specified.
  So, I think two is correct.
  But let me double-check the spelling. The user wrote "bluberry," which has one 'u' and no 'e' after 'u', but in "blueberry," it's "blue" with 'e'.
  In "bluberry," it's "blu" without 'e', then "berry."
  But in terms of letter count, it's clear.
  Perhaps it's "blueberry" misspelled, and I should correct it, but I think for accuracy, I'll use the given spelling.
  Another thought: the question might be "how many b's in blueberry?" but written with a typo.
  But since it's "bluberry," I'll answer based on that.
  So, response should be: There are two 'b's in "bluberry."
  To make it clear, I can say: The word "bluberry" contains the letter 'b' twice.
  But the question is "how many bs," so I can just say 2.
  Perhaps it's a trick with the word "berry" having one 'b', but "blu" has one, so total two.
  "Blu" has one 'b', "berry" has one 'b', but in "bluberry," it's combined, so still two 'b's.
  Yes.
  I think I'm overthinking it.
  Final answer: 2
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It still uses text tokenization, so it can’t even see the word. Not sure what tokenizer GLM uses, but OpenAI’s tokenizer renders “blueberry” as a single token (116500 or thereabouts IIRC).

It’s like asking us what the average wavelength is when looking at a blueberry: the information is actually there somewhere in our processing stack, but inaccessible to reasoning. It can be worked out logically from general knowledge, but probably inaccurately, and the gotcha of “you’re looking right at it and the photons are hitting your vision” is not much of a gotcha when you understand how it works.


Your spelling of "bluberry" almost made the model have an existential crisis. That gave me a good laugh. Out of curiosity, did you also run it using "blueberry" to see the differential?


"I think I'm overthinking it."




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