Re: First, foremost, fundamentally, above all else: Rational agents should WIN.
When Deep Blue beat Gary Kasparov, did that prove that Gary Kasparov was “irrational”?
It seems as though it would be unreasonable to expect even highly rational agents to win—if pitted against superior competition. Rational agents can lose in other ways as well—e.g. by not having access to useful information.
Since there are plenty of ways in which rational agents can lose, “winning” seems unlikely to be part of a reasonable definition of rationality.
Re: First, foremost, fundamentally, above all else: Rational agents should WIN.
When Deep Blue beat Gary Kasparov, did that prove that Gary Kasparov was “irrational”?
It seems as though it would be unreasonable to expect even highly rational agents to win—if pitted against superior competition. Rational agents can lose in other ways as well—e.g. by not having access to useful information.
Since there are plenty of ways in which rational agents can lose, “winning” seems unlikely to be part of a reasonable definition of rationality.