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?

  • @YourNetworkIsHaunted@awful.systems
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    144 days ago

    The downhill is honestly glorious because it seems so proud of itself when the real magic is that the boatmen can magically teleport back to the right bank under certain arcane circumstances.

    • @HedyL@awful.systems
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      134 days ago

      Somehow, the “smug” tone really rubs me the wrong way. It is of great comedic value here, but it always reminds me of that one person who is consistently wrong yet is somehow the boss’s or the teacher’s favorite.