Autonomy in Rational Agents

To the extent that an agent relies on the prior knowledge of its designer rather than on its own percepts, we say that the agent lacks ______.

A rational agent should be ______ ― it should learn what it can to compensate partial or incorrect prior knowledge.

For example, a vacuum-cleaning agent that learns to foresee where and when additional dirt will appear will do better than one that ______ not.

When the agent has had little or no experience, it would have to act randomly unless the designer gave some ______.

Just as evolution provides animals with enough built-in reflexes to survive long enough to learn for themselves, it would be reasonable to provide an artificial intelligent agent with some initial knowledge as well as an ability to ______.

After sufficient experience of its environment, the behavior of a rational agent can become effectively independent of its prior ______.