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Rational agent: actions that maximise expected performance given its knowledge. Not “never wrong”. A rational vacuum can still miss a dirty tile it cannot sense. Omniscience would see everything; rationality does not require that.

Output — idea / do / check for Rationality. Fill those three in the viva.

Exam tip

Rational vs omniscient.

Example

# Rationality
print("idea :", "Rationality")
print("do   : one tiny example on paper")
print("check: one failure case")

Output: idea / do / check for Rationality. Fill those three in the viva.

Short notes

DefExpected performance, given percepts.
Rule≠ omniscient.

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Output — idea / do / check for Rationality. Fill those three in the viva.

Exam tip

Rational vs omniscient.

Example

# Rationality
print("idea :", "Rationality")
print("do   : one tiny example on paper")
print("check: one failure case")

Output: idea / do / check for Rationality. Fill those three in the viva.

Short notes

DefExpected performance, given percepts.
Rule≠ omniscient.

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