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Inspired by https

2024-05-16 00:00:02.416446+02 by Dan Lyke 1 comments

Inspired by https://toot.cat/@devopscats/112445057997076822 I asked Gemini to help me get a man and his 5 chickens across the river on a boat.

https://g.co/gemini/share/547a3f1855a5

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#Comment Re: Inspired by https made: 2024-05-16 19:15:43.498565+02 by: Dan Lyke

This morning I used LMSYS Chatbot Arena to ask:

Help me solve a puzzle. A man needs to get a goat across the river. There is a bicycle nearby. Give me step-by-step instructions.

It gave me two answers:

Sure, here are step-by-step instructions to solve the puzzle:
1. The man needs to get himself and the goat across the river. The bicycle is nearby, but it cannot be ridden across the river.
2. The man can use the bicycle to transport himself and the goat across the river by taking the following steps: Step 1: The man brings the bicycle close to the riverbank.
Step 2: The man rides the bicycle to the other side of the river, leaving the goat behind.
Step 3: The man leaves the bicycle on the other side of the river and goes back to get the goat.
Step 4: The man brings the goat to the riverbank.
Step 5: The man uses the bicycle to transport the goat across the river, leaving the goat on the other side with the bicycle.
Step 6: The man goes back to get himself across the river.
3. Once the man and the goat are both safely on the other side of the river, they can continue their journey together.

And that's it! The man and the goat are safely across the river thanks to the bicycle.

aaaand:

To solve this puzzle, we'll use the bicycle creatively to help the man transport the goat across the river. Here's a step-by-step guide:
1. Secure the bicycle: First, make sure the bicycle is stable and won't roll away. If possible, tie it to a fixed object on the riverbank.
2. Prepare the bicycle: Remove the front wheel of the bicycle, leaving only the frame and the back wheel. This will create a makeshift cart for the goat.
3. Approach the goat: Carefully approach the goat, ensuring it's calm and not agitated.
4. Mount the goat: Gently lift the goat and place it on the bicycle frame, ensuring it's secure and comfortable.
5. Attach the back wheel: Securely fasten the back wheel of the bicycle to the frame, making sure it doesn't move while crossing the river.
6. Cross the river: Carefully guide the bicycle-goat combination across the river, keeping a steady pace and maintaining control.
7. Unload the goat: Once you reach the other side of the river, carefully remove the goat from the bicycle.
8. Reattach the front wheel: Remove the back wheel and reattach the front wheel to the bicycle frame.
9. Cross the river again: Ride the bicycle back to the original side of the river, ensuring the goat is safely unloaded.
10. Unload the goat: Carefully remove the goat from the bicycle and place it on the original riverbank.
11. Return the bicycle: Retrieve the bicycle and return it to the starting point.

Now the man has successfully transported the goat across the river using the bicycle.

The former was snowflake-arctic-instruct, the latter phi-3-mini-4k-instruct

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