English Explanatory Dictionary

horizon effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A problem in artificial intelligence whereby a computer can only search a small portion of the possible states in a game, and thus may make a detrimental move because it cannot search far enough to see its error.

Word forms

horizon effect horizon effects

Etymology

From the idea that the computer cannot look beyond its horizon (limit of one's knowledge; boundary or threshold).

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