Comment by username223

Interesting timeline, though the most relevant part was at the end, where Simon mentions that Google is now aware of the "pelican on bicycle" question, so it is no longer useful as a benchmark. FWIW, many things outside of the training data will pants these models. I just tried this query, which probably has no examples online, and Gemini gave me the standard puzzle answer, which is wrong:

"Say I have a wolf, a goat, and some cabbage, and I want to get them across a river. The wolf will eat the goat if they're left alone, which is bad. The goat will eat some cabbage, and will starve otherwise. How do I get them all across the river in the fewest trips?"

A child would pick up that you have plenty of cabbage, but can't leave the goat without it, lest it starve. Also, there's no mention of boat capacity, so you could just bring them all over at once. Useful? Sometimes. Intelligent? No.