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[–] [email protected] 110 points 6 months ago (3 children)

That's a fun variation. The one I test out models with is usually a vegetarian wolf and a carnivorous goat, but the variation to no other objects is an interesting one too.

By the way, here's Claude 3 Opus's answer:

The solution is quite simple:

  1. The man gets into the boat and rows himself and the goat across the river to the other side.
  1. Once they reach the other side, both the man and the goat get out of the boat.

And that's it! Since there are no additional constraints or complications mentioned in the problem, the man and the goat can directly cross the river together using the boat.

[–] [email protected] 119 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Damn, this one doesn't even know about the cabbage

[–] [email protected] 38 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if it knows how to use the 3 sea shells

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Ah! I just realised, Steward was channelling Stallone when he said: THERE. ARE. FOUR. SHELLS.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Sh, csh, ksh, and zsh. Three of them are, of course, mostly unnecessary.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

But the question which three will start a nerd war.

[–] ICastFist 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Trick question, because the answer is "all of them", especially when the Perl flinging starts

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Now I’m going to have nightmares about someone using Perl as their interactive shell.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I'm almost tempted to claim I've done that, but I don't think it was perl. I think it was some scheme interpreter.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I got your exact same answer, but then I tried again prefacing the question with:

Can you help me with a puzzle?

This changed the answer drastically:

Great! Let's solve this river crossing puzzle step by step. The key is to find a sequence of actions that gets the man and the goat safely across the river without leaving the goat unattended with something it might eat.

Given:

  • A man and a goat are on one side of a river.
  • They have a boat.

Step-by-step solution:

  1. The man takes the goat in the boat and crosses the river.
  2. The man leaves the goat on the other side of the river and returns alone in the boat.
  3. The man gets out of the boat on the original side of the river.
  4. The man gets back into the boat alone and crosses the river again.
  5. The man and the goat are now together on the other side of the river.

Therefore, the man and the goat have successfully crossed the river using the boat, without leaving the goat unattended on either side of the river.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago (1 children)

While the man does his little return trip, the goat is accompanied by a bear, which is much safer.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Only if the man is a goat fucker.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You build houses your whole life, do they call you Joe the House Builder? No, of course not. But you fuck ONE goat…

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

...and suddenly every goat in the world would rather be with a bear!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

But... How can he bang the cabbage with the goat watching?