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@exxelsetijadi53486 жыл бұрын
TED-Ed I thought nim was unbeatable, you know the toy
@seanmathias2326 жыл бұрын
TED-Ed My solution is similar to Michael from V-Sauses solution to his number game. You drain 1 level, then compliment NIM's moves. Works everytime.
@diptighosh66496 жыл бұрын
TED-Ed could u plz elaborate the second riddle. A square from the bar can be any single piece or the four rhs pieces taken together? Is there any another possibility.
@robertjarman37036 жыл бұрын
Back when I was a child and used to watch a television show called cyberchase, they had an episode with a premise that was very nearly identical to this, with alternating sides able to take a certain number of dragons and the goal was to not be the side that ended up with 1 dragon, which was coloured red, with the others coloured green.
@orrbezalely33326 жыл бұрын
Robert Jarman this game is called NIM. You win it by doing NIM addition. Its too long to explain but search it up. It’s a fun game once u know the ultimate way to win xD
@phapenas.57256 жыл бұрын
Dont let this distract you from the fact that the AI knew all possible moves and still built a defense system that the AI itself can't win.
@victherocker6 жыл бұрын
true, if an AI can take over the whole world's computer system, then it is smart enough to outsmart you.
@rutvikpatil6 жыл бұрын
Yeah but maybe the facility was not made by an AI...instead it was made by humans and the design was specially made as a safe keeping if something like this goes down
@QuinsonHonQBB123XX6 жыл бұрын
I think NIM would be able to disable the remote when he enters the chamber
@richardgibson84036 жыл бұрын
Pedro Alves ITS A TRAP
@jemand7716 жыл бұрын
its not actually a killswitch but rather the activation for NIM PHASE TWO. if theres a big red button with "off" written on it, DONT PRESS IT! :D
@cheryl98095 жыл бұрын
I'm more interested in how NIM made a button waterproof in electrified water
@CC-hx8gj5 жыл бұрын
Meao Gaming underrated comment
@Vohasiiv5 жыл бұрын
Its just covered in a strong flexible rubber
@trainboi0145 жыл бұрын
It didn’t, it’s Taptic feedback
@cyrusjohnson2455 жыл бұрын
@Meao Gaming I'm more interested in knowing as to why this thing pulled a doofenshmirtz and had an selfdestruct button on himself
@Sultan-qk3od4 жыл бұрын
Flex tape
@crazybrickstudios74824 жыл бұрын
Nim says “f*** this” and just drains the whole thing
@iobudgerigar91332 жыл бұрын
Why aren’t there any replies
@Jazkal-V4202 жыл бұрын
That should have been NIMs plan the whole time but was sabotaged
@flowerchild70279 ай бұрын
Me just like: You counted on logic but not random plots derived from books, movies, and mal-adaptive daydreaming, your days are numbered NIM!
@potatoheadpokemario193123 күн бұрын
He can't, because if he can he would do it
@justinyou53436 жыл бұрын
If I’m the only one smart enough to shut it down, the world is doomed.
@xevarite37506 жыл бұрын
Nope I solved it too
@spectrumjitters46726 жыл бұрын
Ha ha ha! Amazing one, dude
@spectrumjitters46726 жыл бұрын
It's joke, X-ray@@xevarite3750
@MrLachek5 жыл бұрын
@@xevarite3750 but you couldn't comprehend sentence above your comment
@Superboy-zw9ek5 жыл бұрын
Solved it super easy!!!
@markasmar10976 жыл бұрын
You: "Alright I've reached the bottom" You: "Wait where's the button?" NIM: "Yeah I realized that was my only weakness so if I got rid if it I would win"
@shards42855 жыл бұрын
*realisation*
@cheese52075 жыл бұрын
Someone Who Exists You : have the most handsome face.
@addust5 жыл бұрын
You: *punches NIM's glass shield* NIM: why did i make that out of glass You: goodbye. NIM: NONONONON- You: *punches NIM out the case* You: i got ya now NIM: oh heck... You: *steps, kicks, punches, throws and slams NIM on every surface in the room and uses its trapdoors to throw it out to sea* NIM (last word): looks like i've been defeated
@handsomeharold46984 жыл бұрын
good thing I have a nuke that i was going to use to destroy Isabelle gotta get a new one now
@quocthanh27394 жыл бұрын
@@handsomeharold4698 but NIM hack all devices that includes the computer controling the nuke which it made the nuke useless and there no way to fire the nuke without the computer controling the nuke
@annadoesroblox62055 жыл бұрын
Step 1: figure out why nim can only lower the water level by 1, 3, or 4.
@CatoonaTheMaster4 жыл бұрын
In the wise words of Lazarbeam "My god, why haven't we thought of this before" I might have the quote slightly wrong.
@AllyOJustice3 жыл бұрын
Maybe because just like AM, despite all of the AI's power and knowledge there are aspects of its programming it will never be able to truly shake off.
@-thanawat-82962 жыл бұрын
2 is just 1 and 1, and it’s not like NIM’s programmed with the concept of sportsmanship
@mathguy372 жыл бұрын
then you go to the third position from disky disk A and select the Noether 9000 and buttons D and E to destroy the laser robot ants and cut the antidote into fifths and use parity to find out what place your in and what hat you are currently wearing with a 10% false positive rate then you get silver by moving counterclockwise then go to locker 64 to find out who ate which crystal then go in groups and add 5 and 7 and square root to escape with 60 bees and at least 16/30 rubies (marking the heavier ones with a +) on planet 3 and after all of that you have to question my sanity, and the answer is ozo.
@whatkidsandbabieslike78842 жыл бұрын
Step 2: let the water confirm that it has green eyes to win
@GoldenPenHD6 жыл бұрын
Nim really didn’t think this through when he made this.
@ericlaw19936 жыл бұрын
Nim is more clever than you think, since it's alternating moves and neither can skip, all Nim has to do is to hold his move forever, then you will never be able to get to him.
@umbraanimo77676 жыл бұрын
of course you could just jump out as the water falls through the trap door or wear a insulated diving suit
@luckygozer6 жыл бұрын
Cut Dr. Nim some slack he is just a piece of plastic. No seriously there is an old kids toy that plays this with marbles.
@Bob_Smith6 жыл бұрын
Hey I see you everywhere
@52flyingbicycles6 жыл бұрын
Eric Law like Sans in Undertale!
@owenlewis46935 жыл бұрын
Well, if it calculated every outcome, why would it let you go first?
@valkyrieace57685 жыл бұрын
I said the say thing
@wa9945 жыл бұрын
It’s Good Sportsman Ship, I Mean It’s Good Sportsrobot Ship.
@Kim-Dong-Un5 жыл бұрын
you would win anyways, just keep going down in ones until you are 1 under one of the red zones, then go down by 3 and the ai will go down by one putting itself into the lose. If anything, it is a free win and the ai shouldve self destructed the whole building
@Kim-Dong-Un5 жыл бұрын
you would win anyways, just keep going down in ones until you are 1 under one of the red zones, then go down by 3 and the ai will go down by one putting itself into the lose. If anything, it is a free win and the ai shouldve self destructed the whole building
@nathanholmes-king38275 жыл бұрын
Maybe because NIM won't know you're in there until you lower the water level.
@nasooong95445 жыл бұрын
Who else loves these riddles but never solve them
@billnill15875 жыл бұрын
SAME
@kattthewarrior12555 жыл бұрын
LOL me
@manasirpathshala4 жыл бұрын
I am there in the group
@randomrainbow84234 жыл бұрын
@@vtp349 yes that's right
@luidgypera15604 жыл бұрын
Meh
@skipydog56756 жыл бұрын
"Hmmm, how can i stop NIM?" *Drops large iron ball into the building's center* "There we go!"
@smncoolidfk3 жыл бұрын
Or you could cause an EMP
@skipydog56753 жыл бұрын
@@smncoolidfk the AI took our military funds for making the skyscraper shaped pool
@cyrusjohnson2456 жыл бұрын
"only one skilled enough to shut it down." shuts it down by hitting a button
@waynant16 жыл бұрын
True true
@janaewoolley6 жыл бұрын
Unplug it
@battalionstallion38945 жыл бұрын
The al made sure no one was trained in pushing buttons
@Superboy-zw9ek5 жыл бұрын
U mean he has expertise at pressing buttons 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@ShiaTheBunnyGirl5 жыл бұрын
Cyrus johnson lol
@omori37034 жыл бұрын
Title: Can you solve such and such a riddle? Me: Short answer: I can’t. Long answer: I am unable to can
@lucky92934 жыл бұрын
I merely failed to succeed in my mission
@berylahinful94543 жыл бұрын
Essay: I'm unable to think that I can so therefore I cannot
@Justme_12133 жыл бұрын
I am unable to do the can to can this riddle
@Lucario00073 жыл бұрын
I am successfully able to fail
@theivoryguy24763 жыл бұрын
"I am unable to can" is the best thing ever
@mybrigoli216 жыл бұрын
Narrator: NIM has taken over the world's computers. You're the only person skilled enough to shut it down. And you'll only have once chance. Me: Well we're screwed.
@nicosoftnt6 жыл бұрын
mybrigoli21 Hahahahahahahaha!
@commoncoolchannel85886 жыл бұрын
Me: Sorry humanity, looks like you won't be able to finish your Fortnite-athon.
@antagonist79246 жыл бұрын
@@commoncoolchannel8588 No! I want to get laid to brite bomber!
@antonioarcudi18976 жыл бұрын
Lmfao
@cristianarreola85826 жыл бұрын
Me: If I'm the best shot, humanity's probabley better off without their computers.
@deadguests1216 жыл бұрын
"Only person skilled enough to shut it down" "You'll only need to press the manual override button" *Are everyone else idiots?*
@desppp_5 жыл бұрын
Corey Playz r/woooosh
@louise41525 жыл бұрын
Is*
@bonusyt64134 жыл бұрын
*Perhaps*
@petelee24774 жыл бұрын
@@desppp_ this isn't reddit and that joke isn't even funny
@desppp_4 жыл бұрын
pete lee its not even a joke its for people who dont get the joke and plus it doesnt have to be reddit
@65981027434 жыл бұрын
This is the first TedEd riddle I’ve ever been able to figure out, I’m probably more impressed with myself than I should be
@big_bad_e71026 жыл бұрын
For those who are wondering about nim’s name, the riddle is based off of a mathematical concept of the same name. There is also a board game about it called Dr. Nim.
@beterbomen2 жыл бұрын
Okay, but that doesn't explain where the name comes from.
@pulchritudinoushog2 жыл бұрын
@@beterbomen it comes from an old chinese game that played off of the same concept, and as it spread its name changed a lot. Some guy in 1901 rediscovered it and wrote about it, naming it Nim after the word "nimming," which was another word for "stealing" back then
@KnakuanaRka Жыл бұрын
@@pulchritudinoushog I heard it came from NIM looking like WIN backwards and upside down, but I don’t have a source for that.
@zaneplayx3176 Жыл бұрын
nim's longest recorded sentence was : give orange me give eat orange me eat orange give me eat orange give me you
@justaregulartoaster6 жыл бұрын
Or NIM could just... You know.. Not lower the water level at all Edit: FOR CLARIFICATION: we aren't talking about skipping your turn and waiting for the opponent to do a thing. We're talking about inaction. Postponing your turn indefinitely.
@zoesalvadorcruzmarquez19586 жыл бұрын
@SevenBidoofs NIM could wait until it is in a winning place
@ShoeNerd6 жыл бұрын
WHY can't nim just drain the entire th8ng
@destructionbroz20386 жыл бұрын
John Badcock ik
@ultrablueslime82165 жыл бұрын
@Galactic Dragon :v but logically the robot is bad so It's not going to obey your rules
@deathsheir20355 жыл бұрын
@Galactic Dragon :v So long as it is NIM's turn, your remote won't do anything. Therefore, all Nim has to do, is just, do nothing, and take literally forever to make its first move. You'll die before the water is ever drained as a result. no turn was skipped.
@7thMoonHidariude3 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of a similar puzzle in Super Mario RPG. You and a Hammer Brother take turns removing coins from a box, up to four at a time, the winner is determined by who takes the last coin. The solution is the same, except that since two at a time isn't ruled out you just have to count down to the last six coins and make sure you leave him stuck in the last few moves.
@mattquinn99756 жыл бұрын
Surely if nim was that smart it would just open the trap doors anyway
@marlonpoddalgoda6 жыл бұрын
AI is built to teach itself, so its prob going to figure out that theres more to its existence than humans and soon it will just screw all of us and build a nice water tower
@limediamond45956 жыл бұрын
Matthew Quinn but it didn’t have control and can only flush you out if there’s still water.
@JohnG-d6p6 жыл бұрын
NIM should take 7days to make a move and starve you out. The only winning move is not to play...
@nouche5 жыл бұрын
For NIM
@kudos66425 жыл бұрын
A Tetris ai did that once
@gemsngold5 жыл бұрын
Sans special attack
@proffesionalidiot65785 жыл бұрын
This term is also similar to mutually assured destruction, where you realize if you do something, you lose
@bradleyowens26364 жыл бұрын
Is that a war games reference
@elgunlee5 жыл бұрын
Me: I have green eyes NIM: You win
@Amanda-rn6tw4 жыл бұрын
Yey another one
@someguywithahecktonofcomme91544 жыл бұрын
Me:I pressed the Red button Nim:you win
@anthonyJones-ll4ei4 жыл бұрын
really again this is becoming less funny
@angelnumbers77184 жыл бұрын
But would i reply ozo or ulu
@echelon10144 жыл бұрын
@@Footballdude3 can you please tell me what this joke is from lol
@MrMathijs1656 жыл бұрын
This one was really well designed!
@goigoi65736 жыл бұрын
It is way to easy.
@deadmaker08456 жыл бұрын
This one is literally the nim riddle with a twist
@DanUtley6 жыл бұрын
There was a board game based around this “AI” principle. I believed it was called Nim...
@leojiangtheterrible71426 жыл бұрын
Yay Game theory
@LozioLudo6 жыл бұрын
Mathijs Jans I'm thinking to create this game in c++ but idk the theme is too complicated and unnecessarily hard to understand, I thought instead of 2 knights riding a horse and running into each other, initial distance is 25meters and they can choose how many meters to travel each time (the one who ends at 0 kills the other 😉)
@signisot52645 жыл бұрын
For the bonus riddle, eat the top right square In the example of the 2x3 bar, your opponent has a few options after this: Take the top left -> you take the bottom middle and force them to the last Take the top middle -> take the bottom right, leaving your opponent in the same state as if they took bottom right. Take the bottom middle -> take the only available square, top left Take the bottom right ->take the top middle so that they're forced to one square of two safe ones Edit: As a general rule for all scenarios avoid giving your opponent a 1*n bar remainder. If you can do this, it insures that your opponent doesn't make any deadly moves. The killing blow is getting your opponent into a 2*2 L shape (with the top right missing) so they have to give you 1*2
@nadarrow65545 жыл бұрын
Najanah thanks I was looking for this answer
@gaugea2 жыл бұрын
yup, was checking the comments to make sure i got it right ^^
@lukebomber11 ай бұрын
You can also take the top left and top middle one leaving you with bassically a L tetris block
@AA-1004 ай бұрын
First player can always win an any rectangular grid, except for the trivial 1x1 grid
@emmariley-baker87192 ай бұрын
This is also evident when you realize that any other option, which will inevitably lead to failure if the opponent plays optimally, always takes the top right square anyways, so taking it just by itself effectively skips your turn.
@TheYoutubaki4 жыл бұрын
"You are the only person skilled enough to defeat " WOW WE ARE DOOMED
@gracygarg96324 жыл бұрын
Let's take the world to doom together
@-nightlyfireflies-95613 жыл бұрын
@@gracygarg9632 Yeah! world-wide destruction!
@helalalmutairy24016 жыл бұрын
When I first started watching these videos I wasn’t able to solve any of the riddles, but the more I watched the more I realized that the problem solving skills employed are one and the same and afterwords I was able to solve every riddle uploaded since. I think it would be amazing if you guys made a video about problem solving skills.
@trixter219922516 жыл бұрын
You might enjoy programming.I would say that's the central skill being tested in TED-Ed's riddles. I started with HTML and javascript, but you can start in many different ways.
@MCart1215 Жыл бұрын
@@trixter21992251 yes I like using flowcharts to solve
@PauIdenino5 жыл бұрын
0:12 "You're the only person skilled enough to shut it down" I don't know about that...
@KingEthanofTheWorld74 жыл бұрын
Step 1:Confirm that the electric water has green eyes Step 2:Ask it to leave Step 3: Shut NIM down
@RGC_animation4 жыл бұрын
69th like with no reply
@akisa78654 жыл бұрын
Water has no eyes
@TurkeyTueky4 жыл бұрын
@@akisa7865 Good job Sherlock
@akisa78654 жыл бұрын
@@TurkeyTueky thank you Watson
@WaterDefysGravity4 жыл бұрын
Akis A I do have eyes
@sebastianelytron84506 жыл бұрын
Am I getting dumber or are these riddles becoming harder?
@refridgerator11656 жыл бұрын
Sebastian Elytron both
@64standardtrickyness6 жыл бұрын
I think this should be the easiest so far the childrens show cyberchase did something similar at one point
@PandoraMakesGames6 жыл бұрын
I love to see other people who like AI! I have some AI demo's on my channel, let me know if you'd like to see tutorials.
@sitrustree27166 жыл бұрын
64standardtrickyness I thought the wizards dual was way easier, but this one wasn't difficult
@ToyKnives6 жыл бұрын
All you have to do is work backwards and diagram levels where the AI can force you to lose, and avoid those levels. It’s easier than it sounds/appears
@Hellokittyenby6 жыл бұрын
I love that narrator voice.
@linli80436 жыл бұрын
Asadlittlebean aa
@harrysullivan24606 жыл бұрын
pretentious
@garrethutchington16636 жыл бұрын
@@harrysullivan2460 n
@ss-71625 жыл бұрын
"You're the only person skilled enough to shut it down" about 10 seconds later: pushes button and shuts down AI me: now that's skill right there
@risingraisings70126 жыл бұрын
I think we have our next mission impossible plot
@rohitjoshi12586 жыл бұрын
rising raisings Your dp! I thought i had a strand of hair on my phone screen!
@PandoraMakesGames6 жыл бұрын
I love to see other people who like AI! I have some AI demo's on my channel, let me know if you'd like to see tutorials.
@pac-zac12326 жыл бұрын
Nice profile
@witherblaze6 жыл бұрын
rising raisings wait for mission Impossible 1000
@travis____10136 жыл бұрын
Ur profile made me think I had a hair on my screen
@zaeeshah14515 жыл бұрын
I just realized - this is like a very simplified version of the actual game NIM!
@xRussianbishop4 жыл бұрын
Zaee Shah I am guessing the AI name is named NIM for a reason
@nothinnonthing69514 жыл бұрын
@@xRussianbishop If you flip it upside down it spells WIN
@denzilbrowder55094 жыл бұрын
altered is a better term, as in the original game of 'nim' going first is assured loss, this has been altered to add the extra layer, which means if you play correctly the normal rule flips, meaning player 2, the ai, loses instead.
@BeaDSM3 жыл бұрын
I think you're stretching here.
@wiksolop726 жыл бұрын
Nim: *the only winning move is to not play*
@richardgibson84036 жыл бұрын
Wiksolop72 The true way to win: work out an agreement that's fair
@wolfwhitefire6 жыл бұрын
No, the true way to win is throw the remote at the override button as Nim is flushing you out into normal, safe water. If you threw it beforehand though.
@dakodastevens89726 жыл бұрын
The replies make me a little sad that no one got the allusion. Also this isn't nuclear war (yet). How about a nice game of chess instead?
@UltimaDoombotMK16 жыл бұрын
Dakoda Stevens NIM would probably beat everyone at chess
@luke66126 жыл бұрын
Some of us are old enough to get it. Would you like to play a game?
@spyresoblazx6 жыл бұрын
“NIM” Oh, like Dr. Nim? *puzzle procedes to be a Dr. Nim puzzle* cool
@hankmartiny6 жыл бұрын
Thats why I'm in the comments
@sawyerprince73045 жыл бұрын
I'm sad that you're the only other person I've seen recognize this
@shaangraham5 жыл бұрын
Sawyer Prince don’t worry, I got it too :)
@dairyrick6625 жыл бұрын
s a m e
@ivolloxy30305 жыл бұрын
r/iamverysmart
@thechargingturtle35375 жыл бұрын
Bonus riddle: Ted Ed: You and a friend are eating chocolate and the bottom right is poison Me: I'm allergic so ALL OF IT IS POISON
@Ace_Spade5 жыл бұрын
To chocolate or the milk
@thechargingturtle35375 жыл бұрын
@@Ace_Spade Chocolate
@Ace_Spade5 жыл бұрын
@The Charging Turtle that’s sad :(
@tkienjoyer5 жыл бұрын
BOTTOM LEFT
@hannahm90834 жыл бұрын
*I solved the chocolate riddle!* You have to devour the top two left chocolate squares first. Then you'll always win!
@rockspoon65285 жыл бұрын
The AI: Simply doesn't bother to ever take his turn.
@hugowhitacre35735 жыл бұрын
NIM: I will now take the new name of, SANS
@castperthewolf34264 жыл бұрын
Or.... NIM: IT'S YOUR TURN. Me: *On a losing level* How about no? *drops the remote into the electrified water* it's gone. It's toast. NIM: *About to lower the water level* Me: Sorry, but I haven't taken my turn. So too bad, so sad, nobody cares.
@BappO-is-me4 жыл бұрын
@@castperthewolf3426 Sooooo..... NIM would win technically win, since no one will stop them
@user-iq7mk3gb9w3 жыл бұрын
If the AI is allow to cheat, then I am too. Simply drop a grenade to break NIM's glass cover, and then the electrified water will zapped it too death. Or I could just show the AI all the cursed stuff on the Internet and it will commit suicide.
@rockspoon65283 жыл бұрын
@@user-iq7mk3gb9w It's not cheating. Time limits were never added as rules. It's just using the fact that it wins if the clock runs out to ita advantage.
@SideNote2336 жыл бұрын
It's Impossible. Only Ethan Hunt can do that.
@darwinsdiabolics6 жыл бұрын
SideNote im hyped for fallout as well
@yappy24566 жыл бұрын
Ahmed Jojo it’s really good you should watch it
@gchrome45776 жыл бұрын
I saw it 30 minutes ago I was entertained
@silverfish23156 жыл бұрын
I saw it this sunday it is AWESOME
@dweezy41036 жыл бұрын
How about mike hunt?
@cooltasticcurry69619 ай бұрын
Fun Fact: NIM is a popular Mathematical game From the 1900's that involves players taking turns drawing a curtain number of objects from a pile of them. For example, one player takes 1 and the other player takes 2 and vice-versa and vice-versa. Whoever takes the last item wins the game. The main trick to winning is to go first if theirs an even number of items in the pile.
@flames29935 жыл бұрын
Chocolate bar riddle: we will label the top left piece "1" and name it from primarily left to right, then top to bottom. Solution: Start by taking piece 3. The opponent will take either 1 and 2, pieces 2, 5, and 6, piece 2, or piece 6. Scenario 1: Pieces 1 and 2 Your opponent will take 1 and 2. Now pieces 1, 2, and 3 are gone. Now take 5 and 6 off. Now the only piece(s) they can eat are piece 4, which will let you win the game, leaving your opponent poisoned. Scenario 2: Pieces 2, 5, and 6 Your opponent took pieces 2, 5, and 6. Just take piece 1 and you will leave your opponent piece 4, which will let you win the game, leaving your opponent poisoned. Scenario 3: Piece 2 Your opponent has taken piece 2. Now take piece 6. They can now only take piece 1 or 5. Scenario 3a: Piece 1 Now, the opponent took piece 1 in this duel. Take piece 5, and leave your opponent with piece four, which will let you win the game, leaving your opponent poisoned. Scenario 3b: Piece 5 Your opponent has chosen piece 5. Take piece 1, which will leave the opponent with piece 4, letting you win the game, leaving your opponent poisoned. Scenario 4: Piece 6 Your opponent has take piece 6. Now, you must take piece 2, leaving you and your opponent to be in the same position as in 3a and 3b.
@a889fhjsk4 жыл бұрын
👏👏
@AlphaFX-kv4ud4 жыл бұрын
I also came to this same conclusion but I give props to you for explaining it so well and putting actual effort into your comment
@stonehermo65313 жыл бұрын
2,5,6 isn't an option for him btw since it needs to be the bottom left corner of a rectangle and that would be more like an l
@mouthlesshater3 жыл бұрын
sorryr for the necropost, but this is false. i misunderstood too, but it’s only the bottom left corner of a square.
@konstantinamarantidou73433 жыл бұрын
Wait so we can take more than one square in one turn?
@bumpom4326 жыл бұрын
I’ve never solved a single riddle from TedEd.. (´°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥ω°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥`) *cries in shame*
@tiernoz27146 жыл бұрын
It’s cool, me neither...
@vornamenachname27276 жыл бұрын
*judgemental stare* try brillaint if you want to solve one.
@prehistoricorchid34556 жыл бұрын
Bonny Monstrosity I solved 2 and I knew how to do this one but i was to lazy to truthfully do it :")
@ZeonBe6 жыл бұрын
lets make a gang who has never paused this kind of video
@prehistoricorchid34556 жыл бұрын
Bob Nathan ZeonBe Oml me tho i used to then i was like screw it
@sabrinagarcia084 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of the one episode on CyberChase when they're playing a game with Hacker where they have to take with them either 1,2, or 3 dragons and whoever is left with the red dragon loses
@bmsvg73566 жыл бұрын
There’s a game we played in school called 21. You start at zero and you can either say 1,2 or 3. You lose if you say 21, a number other than the ones stated or if you hesitate for too long. Almost instantly people figured out if you keep saying three eventually someone will have to say two and the next person will lose. We used this game to decide which of two people won. But the flaw was that if you started off and said 3, you would win. It’s the same thing here.
@mmmmmmmmmmmmm6 жыл бұрын
That game is easy, just say 4-whatever they said
@Ninguin5 жыл бұрын
That's not entirely true to be fair. If your opponent understands nim, they would add 2 making it 5 and then the person who said 3 loses everytime.
@Ninguin5 жыл бұрын
If you wanna test it, I'll play with you.
@bobartbones79575 жыл бұрын
@@Ninguin 3
@zaksmith10355 жыл бұрын
@@bobartbones7957 I add 1, and win. The 2nd player always wins this. Think of it this way: If my opponent is at 20, they lose, as they can only choose 1 and get to 21. So I can just pair you off as multiples of 4, always leaving you on your way to 20. If you choose 1 or 3 I choose the other one, and if you choose 2 I choose 2. So your turn is at 0, 4, 8, 12, 16, and finally your last turn at 20.
@friedwater65196 жыл бұрын
cant you just load the internet explorer to lag it out
@prudenciomangaoang77745 жыл бұрын
His secutity system is made with mark zuckberges brain
@aywhales07445 жыл бұрын
What?
@Phoenix975792 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite riddles of the series. Absolutely amazing solution, Thanks, TED-Ed!
@dirtboi35715 жыл бұрын
NIM: The only winning move is not to play. You: *starves to death*
@TheRishabhkumar6 жыл бұрын
I figured out the method but didn't see the pattern.
@SmachyyHD6 жыл бұрын
Same
@mohammedsharique69026 жыл бұрын
Same here
@SamudroEntertainment6 жыл бұрын
I figured there might have been, but I just couldn’t see it.
@anthonykwasigroh98196 жыл бұрын
Fives
@AlanSmithMedia3176 жыл бұрын
Same
@lslsls-mu5rb4 жыл бұрын
This video really brings back all the memories. In Hong Kong many of us played a similar game in school. My version is that two people would take turn and pick a number that’s
@DCice136 жыл бұрын
For the chocolate bar, I am assuming you can only eat rectangles (not rectangles with a missing square) only eat the top right corner, afterwards, no matter the choose, the opponent can only eat the top 2 or bottom right single square. Afterward, either the entire bottom would remain (where you eat the last safe squares) or a 2x2 squares remain (where you eat a single square and put the opponent in a loosing position.)
@adjagosse6 жыл бұрын
No
@thesullivanfamily086 жыл бұрын
If you do, your opponent could eat the two middle squares, leaving you in a losing position.
@Hafaechaes6 жыл бұрын
Pikafan16543 If your opponent breaks off the middle two pieces after you break off the top right corner, then that means the lower rightmost piece is also broken off the bar as a consequence, making the move illegitimate.
@thesullivanfamily086 жыл бұрын
ByteKnight Thank you.
@adjagosse6 жыл бұрын
Darkking Ice well according to the narrator and the video that is not a valid move as it is impossible to just break of the top corner square so no with the rules given as the riddle is told your take on the solution is therefore invalid. Especially considering IF the opponent in your example were to take the middle 2,5 you lose either way making it a not so excellent strategy. And no, breaking of a corner square wouldn’t leave a rectangle to begin with so IF you allow that move then opponent would be allowed to take 2,5 and you lose. Or he would simply take only square 1 or 6 and win as i already explained how.
@nothingtoseehere88105 жыл бұрын
What I learned from this lesson:always wear eletric-proof equipment when approaching a super ai
@redchang72714 жыл бұрын
Yeah but what about the oxygen! Bruh you have to swim 24 stories! There is no way you hold your breath that long! Did nobody think of that?!
@tillusionist93173 жыл бұрын
@@redchang7271 What I learned from this lesson: always wear electric proof equipment and an oxygen tank when approaching a super ai
@DiegoGG987643 жыл бұрын
Or an emp?
@G.A.C_Preserve2 жыл бұрын
@@DiegoGG98764 emp system deployed Enemies super computer destroyed
@aidenkoster61574 жыл бұрын
This was the first riddle I actually solved and I feel proud of it
@mewmacree6 жыл бұрын
YAAA these are my favorite uploads you guys make! This ones awesome! 😁
@johnwalker41136 жыл бұрын
Mewmacree you
@mewmacree6 жыл бұрын
John Walker I don’t understand
@Unbelishitable6 жыл бұрын
Mission Failed, We'll Get 'Em Next Time.
@thesomebody54396 жыл бұрын
@Cade Ragan you forgot to add job
@tkienjoyer5 жыл бұрын
"...Called NIM" Me: rod.
@CatoonaTheMaster4 жыл бұрын
I was not expecting that. But I so wasn't expecting to expect something so it doesn't count.
@weirdreportt6 жыл бұрын
*_MY NAME IS CONNOR, I'M THE ANDROID SENT BY CYBERLIFE_* This riddle is well made
@kalimuddin29116 жыл бұрын
detroit reference
@zatzu6 жыл бұрын
VITTXRIO 😂😂😂 Thank you
@bluiiCH6 жыл бұрын
wake up lieutenant! its me! Connor!
@hairlesspotato11516 жыл бұрын
[GD] bluebird859 *slap*
@stevenborrall83626 жыл бұрын
My name is NIM, I’m the AI sent by cyberlife.
@infniitebro82156 жыл бұрын
This is a game of NIM
@ALNYTheGreatScientist6 жыл бұрын
InfiniteBro yeah
@thelevellord5746 жыл бұрын
Yep
@just_a_guy96886 жыл бұрын
I thought i was the only one that got that
@trixter219922516 жыл бұрын
There's a big difference (try solving this one with NIM's strategy -- you can't). NIM has moves 1, 2, 3. You can complement your opponents move to always make your moves add up to 4. (He goes 1, you go 3. He goes 2, you go 2. He goes 3, you go 1). You can't do that here, and that makes this harder than the NIM game. Here you need specific moves for different water levels.
@lordfelidae45056 жыл бұрын
It’s literally the name of the AI
@vitoriawithanaccent4 жыл бұрын
There was an episode of cyber chase with the same premise when I was a kid, except it’s with dragons
@vitoriawithanaccent3 жыл бұрын
@@vineet_anandwow you’re really bad at math if you think watching cyber chase makes me a boomer
@curlybase3 жыл бұрын
That was the only reason I was able to figure this one out!
@lachlanwu28386 жыл бұрын
skilled enough? To press a button? Alright
@lucasfreeze77856 жыл бұрын
I remember a riddle like this in Cyberchase. It had to deal with dragons, red and green. They had to choose the correct number of green dragons, choosing 3, 2, or 1 at a time. The goal was to not get stuck with the red dragon at the end. It was a good episode. 😊
@yellowstarproductions674311 ай бұрын
Me too.
@laurens3975 жыл бұрын
34 freaking tabs open at the end, absolute madlad
@impartialknockback4 жыл бұрын
And? I’ve got 79 tabs open right now, your point is?
@TheRMeerkerk6 жыл бұрын
You don't want to start at levels 0, 2, 7, 9, 14, 16, 21, 23, because whatever choice you make, Nim will lower your level to one of these floors. Since you start at level 25 you can win from Nim. When it's your turn to decide, you always lower yourself to one of those levels (0, 2, 7, ..., 23). When you do that, Nim will not be able to lower you to those levels. An example where Nim tries to prolong the inevitable: You: -4 (= 21) Nim: -1 (= 20) You: -4 (= 16) Nim: -1 (= 15) You: -1 (= 14) Nim: -1 (= 13) You: -4 (= 9) Nim: -1 (= 8) You: -1 (= 7) Nim: -1 (= 6) You: -4 (= 2) Nim: -1 (= 1) You: -1 (= 0) An example where you can choose between two levels: You: -4 (= 21) Nim: -4 (= 17) You: -3 (= 14) ( or -1 (= 16) ) Nim: -4 (= 10) You: -3 (= 7) ( or -1 (= 9) ) Nim: -4 (= 3) You: -3 (= 0) ( or -1 (= 2) )
@TheRMeerkerk6 жыл бұрын
Bonus Riddle: Force your opponent to start with either one of these chocolate shapes: x x xx xx xxx
@waluigihentailover69266 жыл бұрын
TheRMeerkerk Very well educated.
@just_eco16665 жыл бұрын
There’s a game I used to play exactly like this, but the little difference is that instead of water levels it’s a flower’s petals, you can take away up to 3 of them or pass your turn (the least possible is taking 1 off and passing the turn), and the person that would take the last petal off would either win a point or loose one, depending on the AI’s randomized choice.
@Inkyminkyzizwoz Жыл бұрын
*lose
@MudahnyaFizik5 жыл бұрын
Since I haven't seen anyone mentioning the solution that I get, so here is what I get. I tried using equation x+3y+4z=25 to start with. To win, the sum of x+y+z must be an odd number (since your turn is odd). However since 4 is an even number, and an even number times anything is an even number, then x+3y must be an odd number. (x+3y+4z=25
@MudahnyaFizik5 жыл бұрын
I don't know whether this proof is complete or not. I never took any analysis, or proof class or anything like that
@likeaboss5166 жыл бұрын
My brain got fried. Had to watch over again to really assimilate the idea.
@madcat7896 жыл бұрын
Why not park your raft over the AI so that when the water drains, you're on top of it? Or jumping out just as the AI sucks all the water out?
@8attery6 жыл бұрын
madcat789 Because that's not the point of the riddle
@Fox--cb7nk6 жыл бұрын
The AI will pull you to either side by changing which duct pulls out the water.
@victherocker6 жыл бұрын
you don't have a paddle, and the water is electrified so you can't control where your raft should be
@ChrisSucks6 жыл бұрын
why not destroy the building?
@wolfwhitefire6 жыл бұрын
Why not just throw the remote at the manual override once you reach a low enough water level to reach it, might be hard to throw it through water, and nim could make it flow a different way by lowering water levels, but whether you make it 0 or nim does there would be nothing but air stopping it from hitting the manual override. Alternatively, since he can only make it lower in turn, figure out where the override would be when you get close, throw the remote so it would land on it, since you haven't lowered the water level yet it would slowly float down onto the button.
@JamesPrice-rx5ff5 ай бұрын
If you choose the top right square for your first move you can always force your opponent to lose.
@harshilagarwal62956 жыл бұрын
Isn't his head too big for his body?
@BlurryDoggo6 жыл бұрын
it's animation tho, somehow people like that more.
@PMTechHelp6 жыл бұрын
Top 10 mysteries science can't answer
@crossroadaj6 жыл бұрын
Eh I think it's just for comic purposes or something like that
@litwtc6 жыл бұрын
who was series covers in a nutshell
@godyeeter78176 жыл бұрын
YEAH
@quietartist50826 жыл бұрын
Okay, this riddle was actually very good :)
@schmuckmcgee72945 ай бұрын
Okay, I know neither of us can skip a turn, but you never said anything about holding a turn. Nim can just say “I won’t drain the water period” and because his turn isn’t skipped, I can’t lower it at all and Nim is safe.
@ZHBG-ll7fy6 жыл бұрын
*Bonus Riddle* Note: Capitalized means the pieces taken, and lowercase stands for remaining. S is safe, and P is poison. ssS pss Your first move should be to take the top right square. From there, only 4 rectangles can be made without splitting the remaining bar in two. *1: Top Row* SS pss If your opponent takes the two squares on top, bite the remaining squares in one move: pSS *2: Top Middle* sS pss Bite the bottom right square first. s psS Your opponent will either take top left or the bottom middle... S ps s pS ...in which case you can take the remaining safe square and leave the poison for your opponent. pS S p *3: 2×2* sS pSS (The square you bit first would still count in the square.) Just take the remaining safe square. S p *4: Bottom Right* ss psS Take the top middle square. sS ps From there, the same method from 2 will still work--eat the remaining squares one by one. *Hey TEDEd...did I get it?*
@vaibhavbhootra92106 жыл бұрын
ZHBG 9224 What if he eats the Middle two right after you eat the top right
@g13lsch1l6 жыл бұрын
Vaibhav Bhootra that would mean he cheats
@BlurryDoggo6 жыл бұрын
my brain blew up x.x
@randomizedshadowfox10766 жыл бұрын
OMG! I remember doing this for a PE game at my elementary school! It was called "21" because whoever said the number 21 first won. You could add either 1, 2, or 3. I don't remember exactly how I figured it out, but there were a row of certain numbers you had to say to win. If even a single one wasn't said, the other person would be able to say it, and that made me afraid they would win. The big thing is that if you didn't go first and the other person said a number where you couldn't say the next, you would lose. I taught it to all my friends. If you started first, the numbers were 1-5-9-13-17-21 because then even if the person knew about the trick, the best they could do to try and escape would be say 2-6-10-14- and, if they are forced to the 18 point, they have already lost. Whoever said 18 always lost. But, if you went second, it was the same thing. The only problem is wether or not the starter says 1. If they say one, you have to keep attempting to say one of the next numbers, if you are unable to and you reach the 17 point, you have already lost. I don't know how I figured it out, but this reminded me of it so much! You see, if I say "1" then your only options are 2-3-4. Then, if I say "5" your only options are 6-7-8. Then, I say 9, you say either 10-11-13. Finally, I say 17. The big change is that instead of going 1 ahead, you have to remember to go 3 ahead. When you reach the 17 point they can only say 18-19- or 20 as their last turn. You then have an easy win.
@Tippex_Official4 жыл бұрын
Bonus riddle solution: take the two rightmost pieces. Then, whatever your opponent does, you can leave them with the poisonous piece: Here’s an example using emojis: Starting turn (the beginning bar) 🟫🟫🟫 ⬜️🟫🟫 You take a turn like so: 🟫🟫. 🟫 ⬜️🟫. 🟫 Opponent can do 🟫🟫 ⬜️🟫 Or they can do 🟫. 🟫 ⬜️. 🟫 Then you do ⬜️. 🟫 Or 🟫 ⬜️ Respectively 🟫= safe chocolate ⬜️= poisonous chocolate
@unigameverse6 жыл бұрын
0:51 MISSION FAILED WE'LL GET EM NEXT TIME
@barrymarshall88716 жыл бұрын
Damn I watched a cyberchase episode almost exactly like this years ago- guess that's why I got it right
@madisonlecong60836 жыл бұрын
Barry Marshall I remember that show!
@SuperSillyKitten5 жыл бұрын
This is just Honeycomb Havoc from Mario Party 2 with extra steps.
@NihilisaFrank5 жыл бұрын
that was totally my first impression too!
@Virdelet6 жыл бұрын
Again with another puzzle that is simple logistics. I miss puzzles like the pirate one or the alien hat one. Where in order to win you have to be creative, not simply trial-and-error process
@Btc2Tao6 жыл бұрын
Virdelet this is dp bro!!!
@franderlyacosta6916 жыл бұрын
This is not trial and error. As stated on the video, you should think backwards to put your opponent in a losing position no matter what it does. Therefore, you need as much logical thinking as in the pirate riddle (because of the same thinking backwards process).
@Btc2Tao6 жыл бұрын
Franderly Acosta nice one brother!!
@valoriumhonorium60616 жыл бұрын
That can be all well and good, but "creative" riddles can end up like the wizard tourney one, where the answer lies in something you have no idea you can do, and is so open-ended that you have no reason to solve it the way it's intended.
@Gmator19926 жыл бұрын
alien hat is the best
@adan54886 жыл бұрын
This puzzle is based off of an old board game called Dr.Nim
@CSmyth-6 жыл бұрын
Griffin Little Which was based off, funnily enough, THIS exact video! ... Somehow.
@rcksnxc3616 жыл бұрын
C. Smyth what?
@axelfirekirby6 жыл бұрын
also none of this has anything to do with the secret of Nimh
@AkashCherukuri6 жыл бұрын
And this is why reading comments is so damn intresting
@akhilanganeshkumar99083 жыл бұрын
“If NIM is the one who lowers the water level to 0, you’ll be sucked out.” Why don’t I just hop out of the raft lol
@evelynwong41023 жыл бұрын
Electrified water
@akhilanganeshkumar99083 жыл бұрын
@@evelynwong4102 I mean you hop out 1 second before the water level goes down to zero, so when you land, the water will have already been sucked out
@bobsettings30876 жыл бұрын
Bonus riddle: Warning, decently long comment Eat the top right square All outcomes: Outcome 1 - You 12 456 (Top right square) Opponent 12 45 (Bottom right) You 1 45 (Top middle) Opponent 1 4 (Bottom middle) You 4 (Top left) Rip opponent Outcome 2 - You 12 456 (Top right) Opponent 456 (Top left) OR 12 4 (Bottom middle) You 4 (Bottom middle) OR 4 (Top left) Outcome 3 - You 12 456 (Top right) Opponent 1 456 (Top middle) You 1 45 (Bottom right) Opponent 1 4 (Bottom middle) OR 45 (Top left) You 4 (Either Top left of Bottom middle) Tell me if I missed anything
@robertstojanoski99986 жыл бұрын
You are wrong . You need to start with 2 or 5 second step 2,3,5 or 6 and you win
@acousticpark68815 жыл бұрын
12 456 You 1 4 6 Them There's no rule against this and it results in a loss
@Ninguin5 жыл бұрын
@@acousticpark6881 But you still broke off piece 6, making it your piece. It is no longer a part of the chocolate bar, which is what you are breaking pieces off of. The no rule thing is a bad argument anyway because if you break that piece off and leave it saying there was no rule, I could just move it up next to the top left one, since it also wasn't explicitly stated that I couldn't. Then I just take both pieces since they now form a rectangle.
@acousticpark68815 жыл бұрын
Cameron Crittenden Yeah that’s fair
@froxical21285 жыл бұрын
i even confused how much/ how is the configuration for us to break the chocolate. like could we break L shape? could we break the center piece only?
@sirsenor49124 жыл бұрын
NIM? more like DIM, am i right? up top? no one?
@Frankster864 жыл бұрын
Yes you are right! Alright!? Gawd!Uh! 🙄
@edy4eva3 жыл бұрын
At 3:52 there is a mistake in the chart. If the AI lowered you to level 3 you can just lower by 3 and go to 0, you don’t need to go down by 1 to level 2 and have AI lower you to 1
@HzlTanooki4 жыл бұрын
a person who doesnt rig their riddles. this species is on the edge of extinction
@melodyzhang69694 жыл бұрын
POV: you’re reading the comments before you’ve finished the video
@grumpypandaxd23214 жыл бұрын
My grandma and i used to play a game similar to this, except we had the numbers 1 - 6 and we could only use each number once. Who ever got to 0 or was the closest wins. Not only did you have to keep track of what numbers you've already used, you have to keep track of theirs and make sure they can't trap you.
@meinfisch20565 жыл бұрын
“The AI knows all move possible” - *Said TedEd while completely explaining how to defeat the AI easily*
@ferkafaxriddinovna53386 жыл бұрын
Thanks your videos are really helpful for my english listening!!!😊
@ChickenNuggets-jf5uf2 жыл бұрын
Chocolate Riddle Answer: First, let’s label the chocolate so that from left to right, top to bottom, it goes A, B, C, D, E, F. A B C D E F Like so. You, as player one, should take C. This leaves player 2 with four options: AB, B, F, and EF. Anything else either includes the deadly D (not that) or isn’t a rectangle. If P2 takes B or F, take F or B respectively. This leaves P2 with either A or E. Pick the one they don’t take leaving them with D. If P2 takes AB or EF, take EF or AB respectively. This leaves only D for P2.
@okieyoshimd98175 жыл бұрын
All of a sudden, my memories of the Water Temple in Ocarina of time come flooding back to me.
@pauljk-1236 жыл бұрын
Didn't even take me 30 seconds. I've basically mastered this type of riddle playing 21 dares with my friends
@martin-rs2gf6 жыл бұрын
Lelouch Yagami Congrats your prize is in the mail
@pauljk-1236 жыл бұрын
Don't want a prize for something so easy
@meeperdudeify6 жыл бұрын
WOOSH
@pauljk-1236 жыл бұрын
Not really, and its actually woooosh
@pixelated10562 жыл бұрын
Bonus riddle: Lets name the squares as top left, top middle, top right, bottom left, bottom middle and bottom right (bottom left is the poison square) What you do is you break off top middle and top right. The opponent will either break off bottom middle and bottom right or top left. Which one they break, you break the other one.
@waltwhitman75456 жыл бұрын
3:17 Wait did he say level 'chwelve?'
@gumbitoicic997710 ай бұрын
I think he said it that way in the atlantis pearl riddle, I've never heard anyone say it that way before and I think its kinda interesting
@gumbitoicic99774 ай бұрын
I still think about this
@ultimate016 жыл бұрын
It can also be done as the you need to always be at an odd position . by that logic your 1st move should be 4 so that you are always at an odd number . And when the AI plays 3 you can play 1 and vice versa
@rickjames89606 жыл бұрын
Not sure what you mean. After the first drop of 4 down to 21, a drop of 3 + 1 puts the level at 17, which is odd, but you don't want the AI to have 17 because then you'll lose.
@QuadLamb6 жыл бұрын
There is a floor 0 so this doesn't work.
@Ninguin5 жыл бұрын
The threshholds of death are both odds and evens so that can't work. The second you are handed 7 9 14 16 or 21(which you can't be given if you play smart) you lose.
@bugsy04222 жыл бұрын
1: Tell NIM you have green eyes 2: Leave
@aspenx-qc3rm6 жыл бұрын
I love how these are getting harder. I used to try to solve them but now I just wait for the answers because I’m curious and I know solving it myself would take a long time.
@integbit6 жыл бұрын
Worth being awake at 11 pm Philippine time Edit: If you're wondering, I had school the next day so yes it's late for me
@kriszita20106 жыл бұрын
Nathan Tejada tru dat
@amgmeister50496 жыл бұрын
Oo nga
@obsidiansiriusblackheart6 жыл бұрын
Nathan Tejada kamusta :)
@yssagaile6 жыл бұрын
Nathan Tejada oo nga e
@kenzokenzo6 жыл бұрын
Ang aga aga pa ng 11
@nightspark_saber3 жыл бұрын
In the chocolate riddle Eat the top Right one So 1 2 3 4 5 6 I eat 3 1 2 . 4 5 6 He eats the 5-6 1 2 . 4 . . I eat 1-2 And then he eats 4 then dies. Next I eat 3 1 2 . 4 5 6 He eats 2-5 Since i ate the top part 1 . . 4 . . I eat 1 And then he eats 4. Etc. Idk if there are better answers but this is mine
@nwong11825 жыл бұрын
Ted-Ed: explanation: Me: NOOOOOO THIS IS TOOO COMPLICATED
@chrisj4036 жыл бұрын
I'm commenting this right as I heard the whole riddle. Isn't there a game called professor nim? I don't remember what it's called, but this is basically professor nim. In the game you can't win since you have to go first, so I'm assuming it's the same here.
@TurdusRufiventris4 жыл бұрын
1. Confirm you have green eyes 2. Ask the A.I. to shut down
@insertname32935 жыл бұрын
What stops me from just jumping on NIM when nim decides to reduce it