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We did it. 2 people and many boats problem is a classic now. [content warning: botshit] (chatgpt.com)
submitted 3 days ago by diz@awful.systems to c/sneerclub@awful.systems
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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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[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 19 points 3 days ago

If there’s only one ferryman, the puzzle becomes trivial (he just shuttles each boat one by one:

Does he now?

[-] froztbyte@awful.systems 6 points 3 days ago

no-one said he couldn’t be yoda

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