{"ID":3004904,"CreatedAt":"2026-06-03T03:09:48.883664427Z","UpdatedAt":"2026-06-05T10:38:01.117085634Z","DeletedAt":null,"paper_url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.03471","arxiv_id":"2606.03471","title":"A formal definition and meta-model for a machine theory of mind","abstract":"This paper proposes, for the first time, a rigorous formal definition of the concept of Machine Theory of Mind, based on principles supported by evidence from cognitive psychology, neuroscience and artificial intelligence, and uses the above as a lens to examine state-of-the-art and current efforts in the field, driving a potential agenda for further research there able to \"crack\" the problem. It also advances a general holistic meta-model for Machine Theory of Mind, and examines the state of the art when it comes to empirically benchmarking such models.","short_abstract":"This paper proposes, for the first time, a rigorous formal definition of the concept of Machine Theory of Mind, based on principles supported by evidence from cognitive psychology, neuroscience and artificial intelligence, and uses the above as a lens to examine state-of-the-art and current efforts in the field, drivin...","url_abs":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.03471","url_pdf":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2606.03471v1","authors":"[\"Fabio Cuzzolin\"]","published":"2026-06-02T10:48:59Z","proceeding":"cs.AI","tasks":"[\"cs.AI\",\"cs.MA\",\"q-bio.NC\"]","methods":"[]","has_code":false}