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The Belief State

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An agent's belief state is what it carries between moments: its running record of the world, what it has learned, and what it wants.

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A nurse mid-shift carries which patient worsened an hour ago and which monitor cries wolf — none of it on the current screen.

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Without a belief state an agent is reactive: same stimulus, same act, like a doorbell.