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We did it. 2 people and many boats problem is a classic now. [content warning: botshit] (chatgpt.com)
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They train on sneer-problems now:

Here’s the “ferry‑shuttle” strategy, exactly analogous to the classic two‑ferryman/many‑boats puzzle, but with planes and pilots

And lo and behold, singularity - it can solve variants that no human can solve:

https://chatgpt.com/share/68813f81-1e6c-8004-ab95-5bafc531a969

Two ferrymen and three boats are on the left bank of a river. Each boat holds exactly one man. How can they get both men and all three boats to the right bank?

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[-] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 13 points 2 days ago

Two ferrymen and three boats are on the left bank of a river. Each boat holds exactly one man. How can they get both men and all three boats to the right bank?

Officially, you can't. Unofficially, just have one of the ferrymen tow a boat.

[-] blakestacey@awful.systems 12 points 1 day ago

There's an "I am no man" joke in here somewhere that I am too tired to figure out.

[-] YourNetworkIsHaunted@awful.systems 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Ferryman 1 calls to Gwaihir, the Lord of Eagles for aid, and The Windlord answers to fly him back across.

[-] froztbyte@awful.systems 4 points 1 day ago

ferrymen ⊄ men?

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