Artificial Intelligence / Unit 3 AI 0151 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Best-Leaf Trap
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The idea
Pricing a branch by its best leaf is the striped tree's classic misreading — the branch is worth what its controller-alternating path locks in, not what its shiniest ending pays.
In practice
The stall duel's Gate branch: an 11 on display, a 2 in guarantee, because the 11 exists only if the rival blunders.
Where people slip
Every lottery advertisement is this trap wearing retail clothing.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
Unlocks
- Nothing yet depends on this.
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