arXiv:2611.07208v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Predictive models of human behavior trained on large-scale trajectory data optimize for statistical accuracy without representing the mental states that causally generate behavior. Such models support prediction but not principled intervention: they cannot answer how an agent's behavior would change if its beliefs or preferences were different. We introduce Structured Machine Theory of Mind (SMToM), a framework that attributes explicit, independently supervised belief and desire representations from observed trajectories within a Belief-Desire-Intention (BDI) causal structure.
Machine Learning · 2026-11-06
Structured Machine Theory of Mind from Agent Trajectories
arXiv:2611.07208v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Predictive models of human behavior trained on large-scale trajectory data optimize for statistical accuracy without representing the mental states that causally generate behavior. Such models support prediction but not principled intervention: they cannot answer how an agent's behavior would change if its beliefs or preferences were different.
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