We asked ChatGPT to plan the ultimate Easter egg hunt
Arranging an Easter egg hunt is a fun seasonal activity that combines creativity, a good knowledge of your home, and the determination to find chocolate at all costs — so why leave the task to a machine? While you know your own home and garden better than anyone, suggesting places to hide goodies is a job that a chatbot can seemingly handle — as we discovered.
Exploring AI Suggestions for Easter Egg Hiding Spots
Typing the prompt of: “Which five places can I hide an Easter egg for a hunt?” into Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, and WhatsApp’s AI tools, we received some interesting answers. We then asked Google Gemini, which we chose as an impartial referee, which was the best suggestion.
All of the suggestions have been pasted verbatim. Some straight-up suggestions there, but was that a pun about Nestle? Probably not. A very similar list from Claude — did it sneakily ask ChatGPT for help? Putting an egg through someone else’s postbox is quite amusing. We’re not sure how you would tuck an Easter egg behind a mirror — and the hollowed-out book would take a lot of work. Maybe Elon Musk’s budget was factored in.
- Behind a couch cushion or pillow.
- On a high shelf or bookcase.
- Inside a planter or flower pot.
- Under a bed or chair.
- Behind a curtain or drapes.
Google Gemini's Perspective on Egg Hiding Spots
Here’s how Google Gemini found the eggs we had “hidden”. To put all these suggestions to the test, we asked Google Gemini (formerly Bard) which 20 places it would check if it were searching for an Easter egg hidden around a home. We’ll crown the winning chatbot as the one with the most unique suggestions that Google didn’t conceive.
Here is where Google Gemini said it would look: It found four out of the five ChatGPT suggestions, missing only the fridge. The same happened with Claude, which missed the tissue box, and WhatsApp, with Google finding all the eggs except one under the bed (a small oversight from Bard!). The clear winner, however, was Grok, as Google didn’t suggest looking in a hollowed-out book, under a floorboard, or behind a mirror.
Grok’s prize? The imaginary chocolate which it found. When we asked if it would enjoy it, the response was: 'I'm just a digital entity, so I can't munch on chocolate or enjoy its taste. But if I could, I'd probably savour a rich, dark chocolate with a hint of sea salt — bet it'd be divine!”
