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What is a policy?
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a form of insurance contract
a form of insurance contract
a sequence of actions taken by an artificial intelligence in response to a sequence of states
a sequence of actions taken by an artificial intelligence in response to a sequence of states
a type of illegal lottery in which bettors claim to be buying insurance against a public lottery
a type of illegal lottery in which bettors claim to be buying insurance against a public lottery
the actions the government takes on behalf of the people
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“Policy” is ambiguous — its meaning depends on context. Common senses are:
- Insurance: an insurance policy is a contract between insurer and insured.
- Artificial intelligence / reinforcement learning: a policy is a rule or function that maps states (or observations) to actions (sometimes described loosely as the sequence of actions an agent takes in response to states).
- Government / public affairs: a policy is a course or set of actions/decisions adopted by a government or organization.
- Historical/criminal: “policy” can also refer to an illegal numbers lottery (the early-20th-century “policy” racket).
Which context do you mean?
- Insurance: an insurance policy is a contract between insurer and insured.
- Artificial intelligence / reinforcement learning: a policy is a rule or function that maps states (or observations) to actions (sometimes described loosely as the sequence of actions an agent takes in response to states).
- Government / public affairs: a policy is a course or set of actions/decisions adopted by a government or organization.
- Historical/criminal: “policy” can also refer to an illegal numbers lottery (the early-20th-century “policy” racket).
Which context do you mean?
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