Re:Thinking too much can be bad for you (2012)
by pelario on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @05:39AM
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Even disregarding the errors, when "overthinking" is easy t go deeper in some branches than in others, without a very good probability estimation (which something the computer can do more easily: weight the branches).
The "intuitive" approach is not that deep, but the depth is more even.
I wonder if this is due to errors happening and getting mixed into the search. Computers pretty monotonously improve with thinking time, and the algorithm is pretty simple once you have good intuition to guide it. However, a single memory error down a line will turn the whole thing to mush.