aimwhether
aimwhether is a neologism used in discussions of decision-making and artificial intelligence to describe a framework that combines goal-oriented planning with explicit consideration of conditional truths. The term blends "aim" and "whether" to signal two coordinating aspects of reasoning: (1) the agent's goals and desired end states, and (2) the evaluation of propositions that may hold across possible worlds or outcomes. In practice, an aimwhether approach guides action selection by modeling both goal attainment likelihoods and the truth-values of key conditions that affect outcomes.
Etymology and usage: The coinage emerged in online philosophy and AI blogs in the late 2010s as
Concept and applications: In AI planning, aimwhether refers to algorithms that simultaneously optimize for goal satisfaction
Relationship to related concepts: It overlaps with conditional planning, goal-conditioned reasoning, and metacognitive decision strategies. It
Limitations: As a niche term, it lacks formal consensus and precise formalization, and may be confused with