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But all those times the same system produces irrational gibberish don't count? GPT-5 will commonly make mistakes no thinking human could ever make.

Human: I'm trying to get my wolf, sheep and cabbage across the river in this boat, but the wolf keeps eating the sheep or the sheep eats the cabbage

Bot: You should put the sheep in the boat and take it across — if we delve into the biology of Canis lupus we discover that wolves don't eat cabbage!

H: Ok, so that worked great so far, the sheep is on one side and the wolf/cabbage is on the other.

B: Now, Option 1 is to bring the wolf across, or Option 2 you can bring the cabbage. I recommend (2) taking the cabbage as cabbages are smaller and easier to transport in a boat.

H: But then the sheep eats the cabbage, right? Remember that?

B: Exactly, that's sharp thinking. If you put the sheep and the cabbage together on the same side of the river, the sheep is sure to devour the cabbage. We need to not just separate sheep from cabbages — we need to separate cabbages from sheep! :rocketship: