> AIXI now uses this model for approximately predicting the future and bases its decisions on these tentative forecasts. AIXI contemplates possible future behaviour: “If I do this action, followed by that action, etc, this or that will (un)likely happen, which could be good or bad. And if I do this other action sequence, it may be better or worse.”

What I want to know, is how long does it spend doing this? Does the duration of one of these cycles have to be manually chosen, or is it smart enough/self-aware enough to realise, okay, if I spend forever thinking about something, then nothing will happen?

I guess what I'm asking is, is the algorithm smart enough to eventually internalise its own model of itself?