Artificial Intelligence / Unit 3 AI 0149 short lesson, about 20 seconds
"Perfect Play Means Winning"
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The idea
Minimax promises the best outcome achievable against best resistance — and that outcome may be a loss.
In practice
Facing Pebbles' poisoned three, perfect play loses exactly as the arithmetic dictates; perfection there means nothing better existed.
Where people slip
The reverse error matters more: the minimax move is the best guarantee, not the best exploit of a weak opponent.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Unlocks
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