I wondered about that too, but this is not like a child that might notice that his parents are not actually looking when they tell that they are looking. The AI is built in a way—via the mentioned techniques—that it doesn’t matter whether the AI understands the reasons. Because it treats them as irrelevant. Only if we have overlooked some escape route might it make a difference but an exhaustive search could plug such holes really.
I wondered about that too, but this is not like a child that might notice that his parents are not actually looking when they tell that they are looking. The AI is built in a way—via the mentioned techniques—that it doesn’t matter whether the AI understands the reasons. Because it treats them as irrelevant. Only if we have overlooked some escape route might it make a difference but an exhaustive search could plug such holes really.