Artificial Intelligence / Unit 5 AI 0221 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Proposition
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The idea
A proposition is a statement that is either true or false — and atomic propositions, the ones with no smaller statements inside, are the vocabulary a rule system reasons with.
In practice
"The soil is soggy" is atomic; "the soil is soggy and the leaves yellow" is two atoms joined by and.
Where people slip
Pulling compounds apart into atoms is the first working skill of rule systems.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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