Exercise 5.24

Which of the following are true and which are false? Give brief explanations.

1. In a fully observable, turn-taking, zero-sum game between two perfectly rational players, it does not help the first player to know what strategy the second player is using—that is, what move the second player will make, given the first player’s move.

2. In a partially observable, turn-taking, zero-sum game between two perfectly rational players, it does not help the first player to know what move the second player will make, given the first player’s move.

3. A perfectly rational backgammon agent never loses.