Artificial Intelligence / Unit 7 AI 0357 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Stakes Move Thresholds
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The idea
An expected-utility choice responds smoothly to both the odds and the stakes — slide either far enough and the best action flips at a computable threshold.
In practice
With the umbrella's utilities, Carry and Leave tie when rain hits 1 in 8; below that, Leave wins.
Where people slip
Nothing mystical sets the flip point — it falls out of the same two-row arithmetic.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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