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This search introduces the Multimodal Socialized Learning Framework (M-S2L), designed to foster emergent social intelligence in AI agents by integrating Multimodal Large Language Models (M-LLMs) with social learning mechanisms. The…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-11-12 Sureyya Akin , Shruti T. Tiwari , Ram Bhattacharya , Sagar A. Raman , Kiran Mohanty , Sita Krishnan

Large language model (LLM)-based multi-agent simulation offers a powerful testbed for studying social opinion dynamics. Yet current approaches often adopt two contrasting methods: either relying on fixed update rules with limited cognitive…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-05-14 Yitian Yang , Yiqun Duan , Linghan Huang , Yiqi Zhu , Francesco Bailo , Chunmeizi Su , Huaming Chen

The use of LLMs in natural language reasoning has shown mixed results, sometimes rivaling or even surpassing human performance in simpler classification tasks while struggling with social-cognitive reasoning, a domain where humans naturally…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-10-23 Fiona Anting Tan , Gerard Christopher Yeo , Kokil Jaidka , Fanyou Wu , Weijie Xu , Vinija Jain , Aman Chadha , Yang Liu , See-Kiong Ng

The question of whether large language models (LLMs) possess Theory of Mind (ToM) -- often defined as the ability to reason about others' mental states -- has sparked significant scientific and public interest. However, the evidence as to…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-03-03 Jennifer Hu , Felix Sosa , Tomer Ullman

Multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) methods struggle with the non-stationarity of multi-agent systems and fail to adaptively learn online when tested with novel agents. Here, we leverage large language models (LLMs) to create an…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-12-13 Logan Cross , Violet Xiang , Agam Bhatia , Daniel LK Yamins , Nick Haber

Recent advances in the intrinsic reasoning capabilities of large language models (LLMs) have given rise to LLM-based agent systems that exhibit near-human performance on a variety of automated tasks. However, although these systems share…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-08-26 Bingxi Zhao , Lin Geng Foo , Ping Hu , Christian Theobalt , Hossein Rahmani , Jun Liu

Advancements in large language models (LLMs) allow them to address diverse questions using human-like interfaces. Still, limitations in their training prevent them from answering accurately in scenarios that could benefit from multiple…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-04-09 Yoshitaka Inoue , Tianci Song , Xinling Wang , Augustin Luna , Tianfan Fu

The rapid advancement of chat-based language models has led to remarkable progress in complex task-solving. However, their success heavily relies on human input to guide the conversation, which can be challenging and time-consuming. This…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-11-03 Guohao Li , Hasan Abed Al Kader Hammoud , Hani Itani , Dmitrii Khizbullin , Bernard Ghanem

Originating in psychology, $\textit{Theory of Mind}$ (ToM) has attracted significant attention across multiple research communities, especially logic, economics, and robotics. Most psychological work does not aim at formalizing those…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-12-01 Fengming Zhu , Yuxin Pan , Xiaomeng Zhu , Fangzhen Lin

We introduce StorySim, a programmable framework for synthetically generating stories to evaluate the theory of mind (ToM) and world modeling (WM) capabilities of large language models (LLMs). Unlike prior benchmarks that may suffer from…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-04-28 Nathaniel Getachew , Abulhair Saparov

Theory of Mind (ToM) in Large Language Models (LLMs) refers to the model's ability to infer the mental states of others, with failures in this ability often manifesting as systemic implicit biases. Assessing this challenge is difficult, as…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-01-19 Yanlin Li , Hao Liu , Huimin Liu , Kun Wang , Yinwei Wei , Yupeng Hu

Our paper argues that the majority of theory of mind benchmarks are broken because of their inability to directly test how large language models (LLMs) adapt to new partners. This problem stems from the fact that theory of mind benchmarks…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-06-13 Matthew Riemer , Zahra Ashktorab , Djallel Bouneffouf , Payel Das , Miao Liu , Justin D. Weisz , Murray Campbell

In this paper, we introduce LiveMind, a novel low-latency inference framework for large language model (LLM) inference which enables LLMs to perform inferences with incomplete user input. By reallocating computational processes to the input…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-11-07 Chuangtao Chen , Grace Li Zhang , Xunzhao Yin , Cheng Zhuo , Ulf Schlichtmann , Bing Li

Large language models are increasingly deployed as multi-agent systems, where specialized roles communicate and collaborate through structured interactions to solve complex tasks that often exceed the capacity of a single agent. However,…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-01-28 Yimeng Wang , Jiaxing Zhao , Hongbin Xie , Hexing Ma , Yuzhen Lei , Shuangxue Liu , Xuan Song , Zichen Zhang , Haoran Zhang

Large language models (LLMs) are often portrayed as merely imitating linguistic patterns without genuine understanding. We argue that recent findings in mechanistic interpretability (MI), the emerging field probing the inner workings of…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-02-26 Pierre Beckmann , Matthieu Queloz

Despite rapid progress in multimodal large language models (MLLMs), their capability for deep emotional understanding remains limited. We argue that genuine affective intelligence requires explicit modeling of Theory of Mind (ToM), the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-03 Meng Luo , Bobo Li , Shanqing Xu , Shize Zhang , Qiuchan Chen , Menglu Han , Wenhao Chen , Yanxiang Huang , Hao Fei , Mong-Li Lee , Wynne Hsu

When automating plan generation for a real-world sequential decision problem, the goal is often not to replace the human planner, but to facilitate an iterative reasoning and elicitation process, where the human's role is to guide the AI…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-04-10 Guilhem Fouilhé , Rebecca Eifler , Antonin Poché , Sylvie Thiébaux , Nicholas Asher

Theory of Mind (ToM) refers to the ability of individuals to attribute mental states to others. While Large Language Models (LLMs) have shown some promise with ToM ability, they still struggle with complex ToM reasoning. Our approach…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-06-27 Weizhi Tang , Vaishak Belle

Reasoning is a fundamental cognitive process underlying inference, problem-solving, and decision-making. While large language models (LLMs) demonstrate strong reasoning capabilities in closed-world settings, they struggle in open-ended and…

The cognitive processes of the hypnotized mind and the computational operations of large language models (LLMs) share deep functional parallels. Both systems generate sophisticated, contextually appropriate behavior through automatic…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-11-04 Giuseppe Riva , Brenda K. Wiederhold , Fabrizia Mantovani