My response to some respondents’ question of why the agent needs the evaluation-of-options stage before acting is simple: the evaluation of options is part of the deterministic process which produces the action!
If the agent did not evaluate the options, it would be a different agent and thus act differently—possibly less optimally for its own utility function.
My response to some respondents’ question of why the agent needs the evaluation-of-options stage before acting is simple: the evaluation of options is part of the deterministic process which produces the action!
If the agent did not evaluate the options, it would be a different agent and thus act differently—possibly less optimally for its own utility function.
Isn’t this why we want to be rational?
(Apologies if I am missing the point!)