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Traversing the Search Space

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Overview

Imagine that all possible answers to a question form a large search space. A single model run samples only a small region. Another run may overlap with the first but also explore a different region. Repeating the process increases coverage.

This is particularly useful for questions such as:

  • What are the possible causes of a business problem?
  • Which product ideas should be considered?
  • What titles or content concepts could work?
  • Which strategic options are available?
  • What research directions should be explored?
  • What could explain an unexpected result?

A single model may return the most statistically common answers. The less obvious possibilities may appear only occasionally. Running several agents creates more opportunities for those lower-probability ideas to emerge.

The same principle can be used at much larger scale. Even if the average agent response is weaker than the reasoning of an exceptional expert, a large fleet can examine many possibilities quickly. The value comes from breadth and parallelism rather than from assuming that every individual answer is excellent.