A new study reveals that the capacity for social reasoning in large language models, a trait similar to the human “theory of mind,” originates from an exceptionally small and specialized subset of the ...

Theory of mind is typically defined as the ability to understand the thoughts, beliefs, desires, and emotions of other people. This understanding allows individuals to predict how others will feel, ...

The newest versions of GPT-3 behind ChatGPT and Microsoft's Bing Chat can adeptly solve tasks used to test whether children can surmise what's happening in another person's mind -- a capacity known as ...

New developmental psychology work has upended decades of research suggesting that children as young as 4 years old possess theory of mind. Having theory of mind means understanding how others think, ...

In a recent study published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour, researchers compared the theory of mind capabilities of large language models (LLMs) and humans through a comprehensive battery of ...