AI RESEARCH
Selective Deficits in LLM Mental Self-Modeling in a Behavior-Based Test of Theory of Mind
arXiv CS.AI
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ArXi:2603.26089v1 Announce Type: cross The ability to represent oneself and others as agents with knowledge, intentions, and belief states that guide their behavior - Theory of Mind - is a human universal that enables us to navigate - and manipulate - the social world. It is ed by our ability to form mental models of ourselves and others. Its ubiquity in human affairs entails that LLMs have seen innumerable examples of it in their