Interesting paper. I just tried it myself. I first had GPT-4 write a Python program to randomly reorder the letters in each word in three sentences I took from the New York Times website. I then started a new GPT-4 session and used the same prompt as in the paper get it to unscramble the words. As you can see below, it made only two mistakes, both hallucinatory: 2015 --> 0521 --> 2021 and pepitos --> epsotip --> opposite
Prompt: The following sentence contains words with scrambled letters. Please recover the original sentence from it.
Scrambled: loEn kusM teceedblra ihs th44 hytirbad in Juyl 0521 ta a ahte-dyer pryat wrnoht by sih wfei at a aCinafliro iwen otrcnyu orsret tdetod hwti nsic.ab
Unscrambled: Elon Musk celebrated his 44th birthday in July 2021 at a three-day party thrown by his wife at a Californian wine country resort dotted with cabins.
[Original: Elon Musk celebrated his 44th birthday in July 2015 at a three-day party thrown by his wife at a California wine country resort dotted with cabins.]
Scrambled: sA aeIlsr aebdste wath to do enxt ni zGaa, I pheo rsaselI’ ipamiilrtcayl-otil rdaiehsple liwl elrfcet on hte dagea enotf daiuetttbr to :csCuoufin rfeoe“B ouy rbkmea no a enroujy of ,nreeevg dgi wto easv”rg — eno fro yoru eeymn nad eon rof yseorfl.u
Unscrambled: As Israel debates what to do next in Gaza, I hope Israel’s militarily-political leadership will reflect on the adage often attributed to Confucius: “Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves” — one for your enemy and one for yourself.
[Original: As Israel debates what to do next in Gaza, I hope Israel’s political-military leadership will reflect on the adage often attributed to Confucius: “Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves” — one for your enemy and one for yourself.]
Scrambled: ndUre na edletave wuaysb rctka ni ,eQunes oiVrct éJso enHáderzn was pwhnipgi up eht epsotip that he adh rcfedteep ta a etestr tarc in aCsra,ca nazVue.lee
Unscrambled: Under an elevated subway track in Queens, Victor José Hernández was whipping up the opposite that he had perfected at a street cart in Caracas, Venezuela.
[Original: Under an elevated subway track in Queens, Victor José Hernández was whipping up the pepitos that he had perfected at a street cart in Caracas, Venezuela.]
Prompt: The following sentence contains words with scrambled letters. Please recover the original sentence from it.
Scrambled: loEn kusM teceedblra ihs th44 hytirbad in Juyl 0521 ta a ahte-dyer pryat wrnoht by sih wfei at a aCinafliro iwen otrcnyu orsret tdetod hwti nsic.ab
Unscrambled: Elon Musk celebrated his 44th birthday in July 2021 at a three-day party thrown by his wife at a Californian wine country resort dotted with cabins.
[Original: Elon Musk celebrated his 44th birthday in July 2015 at a three-day party thrown by his wife at a California wine country resort dotted with cabins.]
Scrambled: sA aeIlsr aebdste wath to do enxt ni zGaa, I pheo rsaselI’ ipamiilrtcayl-otil rdaiehsple liwl elrfcet on hte dagea enotf daiuetttbr to :csCuoufin rfeoe“B ouy rbkmea no a enroujy of ,nreeevg dgi wto easv”rg — eno fro yoru eeymn nad eon rof yseorfl.u
Unscrambled: As Israel debates what to do next in Gaza, I hope Israel’s militarily-political leadership will reflect on the adage often attributed to Confucius: “Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves” — one for your enemy and one for yourself.
[Original: As Israel debates what to do next in Gaza, I hope Israel’s political-military leadership will reflect on the adage often attributed to Confucius: “Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves” — one for your enemy and one for yourself.]
Scrambled: ndUre na edletave wuaysb rctka ni ,eQunes oiVrct éJso enHáderzn was pwhnipgi up eht epsotip that he adh rcfedteep ta a etestr tarc in aCsra,ca nazVue.lee
Unscrambled: Under an elevated subway track in Queens, Victor José Hernández was whipping up the opposite that he had perfected at a street cart in Caracas, Venezuela.
[Original: Under an elevated subway track in Queens, Victor José Hernández was whipping up the pepitos that he had perfected at a street cart in Caracas, Venezuela.]