AI Stroop (IMAGE)
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Dissociation between task recognition and task execution in Claude 3.5 Sonnet without an explicit prompt. (a) Screenshot of the unprompted conversation (January 10, 2025) in which the model identifies the Stroop paradigm and generates word-color relationship mappings, yet achieves only 70% accuracy (7 of 10 correct) on an incongruent list. (b) The 10-word incongruent stimulus image provided as the sole input, without accompanying task instructions. This dissociation suggests that recognition of task structure alone is insufficient to engage the conflict-resolution mechanisms required for accurate performance.
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Suketu Chandrakant Patel, Hongbin Wang, and Jin Fan
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