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What is satisficing?

  • A.Maximising utility across every available option exhaustively
  • B.Satisfying all the constraints of a problem simultaneously
  • C.Achieving a goal in the smallest possible number of actions
  • D.Choosing the first option that meets an acceptability threshold

Answer: D

Rather than searching for the best, a satisficing agent stops as soon as it finds something good enough, which is often the rational thing to do when search itself is costly. It follows directly from bounded rationality. Exhaustive maximisation is the idealisation it replaces, constraint satisfaction is a different problem class despite the similar word, and minimal action count is one possible objective. Knowing when to stop searching is itself a decision, and treating it as one is the insight.

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