Artificial Intelligence / Unit 2 AI 0102 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Heuristic
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The idea
A heuristic attaches to each state a quick estimate of the cost still remaining to the goal.
In practice
Straight-line distance is the classic: ignoring roads entirely, the crow's mileage from each Riverbend location to Grandmother's door.
Where people slip
An estimate is an opinion with a number — its quality decides everything downstream.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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