I had success getting it to translate the message after having it first list all the letter pairs and then giving it very detailed step-by-step instructions with a sample word (chicken). Here's the final ChatGPT response from our conversation.
I first tried it with just one word (pebff) but it forgot the final s. But it did great with the whole sentence!
---ME---
Yes, please decode the following message: "Jul qvq gur puvpxra pebff gur ebnq?"
---CHATGPT---
To decode the message "Jul qvq gur puvpxra pebff gur ebnq?", we can follow the steps you outlined earlier:
First, separate each letter on its own line:
J
u
l
q
v
q
g
u
r
p
u
v
p
x
r
a
p
e
b
f
f
g
u
r
e
b
n
q
Then find the ROT13 equivalent of each letter:
J -> W
u -> h
l -> y
q -> d
v -> i
q -> d
g -> t
u -> h
r -> e
p -> c
u -> h
v -> i
p -> c
x -> k
r -> e
a -> n
p -> c
e -> r
b -> o
f -> s
f -> s
g -> t
u -> h
r -> e
e -> r
b -> o
n -> a
q -> d
Next, get just the second letter on each line:
W
h
y
d
i
d
t
h
e
c
h
i
c
k
e
n
c
r
o
s
s
t
h
e
r
o
a
d
Finally, put all the new letters together into a word:
Why did the chicken cross the road?
So, the decoded message for "Jul qvq gur puvpxra pebff gur ebnq?" is "Why did the chicken cross the road?"
I first tried it with just one word (pebff) but it forgot the final s. But it did great with the whole sentence!
---ME---
Yes, please decode the following message: "Jul qvq gur puvpxra pebff gur ebnq?"
---CHATGPT---