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Expected Utility

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The expected utility of an action is the weighted average of its outcomes' utilities, weighted by their probabilities — and the optimal decision is the action with the highest.

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Unit 6's weighted average, now averaging what the agent cares about instead of dollars or days.

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Both columns matter by construction — how likely, and how much — exactly what the blind policy lacked.