However, it’s not clear exactly what we mean by goal-directed behavior. A sufficient condition is that the algorithm searches over possible actions and chooses the one with the highest “goodness”, but this is not a necessary condition.
Even this seems wrong or confusing, since it would appear to include approval-directed agents under “goal-directed behavior” (since an approval-directed agent searches over possible actions and chooses the one with the highest expected approval, which is a kind of “goodness”).
Even this seems wrong or confusing, since it would appear to include approval-directed agents under “goal-directed behavior” (since an approval-directed agent searches over possible actions and chooses the one with the highest expected approval, which is a kind of “goodness”).
Agreed, changed that sentence so that it no longer claims it is a sufficient condition. Thanks for catching that!