Artificial Intelligence / Unit 7 AI 0352 short lesson, about 20 seconds
"Act on the Likeliest Outcome"
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The idea
Acting on the likeliest outcome discards the stakes and the sizes of the probabilities — it decides identically at 51 percent and at 99.
In practice
Unneeded backups, unneeded insurance, unneeded fire exits: all "wasted" in the likeliest world, all worth their price.
Where people slip
For even stakes the policy often matches the right answer — which is exactly how it survives.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
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