Summary of Mind Your Theory: Theory Of Mind Goes Deeper Than Reasoning, by Eitan Wagner and Nitay Alon and Joseph M. Barnby and Omri Abend
Mind Your Theory: Theory of Mind Goes Deeper Than Reasoning
by Eitan Wagner, Nitay Alon, Joseph M. Barnby, Omri Abend
First submitted to arxiv on: 18 Dec 2024
Categories
- Main: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
- Secondary: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary A Medium Difficulty summary: This paper investigates Theory of Mind (ToM) capabilities in Large Language Models (LLMs). The authors identify two essential steps required for ToM tasks: determining whether to invoke ToM, considering the appropriate Depth of Mentalizing (DoM), and applying the correct inference given the DoM. The study highlights that recent AI research focuses on the second step, framing it as static logic problems, whereas cognitive science emphasizes the importance of both steps. The authors suggest improving evaluation methods by drawing inspiration from dynamic environments used in cognitive tasks. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary A Low Difficulty summary: This paper is about how computers can understand people’s thoughts and feelings. It looks at two important parts: deciding when to use this ability (called Theory of Mind) and figuring out what someone is thinking or feeling based on their actions. Researchers have been focusing too much on just the second part, but cognitive science says both are crucial. The paper suggests that we should look at how people think in different situations to improve our computers’ understanding. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Inference
