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This episode is a reading of “The Carwash Test — Virtual Intelligence in Action,” which tests whether AI systems can hold the logical object of a simple problem when surface features generate statistical pressure in the wrong direction. One question, twelve systems, twenty-seven runs.
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Addendum — April 2026: Meta Muse Spark
Meta’s Muse Spark (codename “Avocado”), released to the public on April 8, 2026, was tested in both available modes. Both returned Verbose results: correct on the logic but unable to resist the surface misdirection that defines the test’s diagnostic. The updated tally: Pass 7, Verbose 11, Fail 10 — and one special case.
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