Comprehending that other people might think differently from you is a form of intelligence known as theory of mind – what does it mean that the artificial intelligence behind ChatGPT can do as well on tests of it as a 9-year-old child?
Technology
15 February 2023
The artificial intelligence model behind the ChatGPT chatbot has performed as well as a 9-year-old on tests of theory of mind Justin Paget/Getty Images
The artificial intelligence model behind the ChatGPT chatbot can solve tasks used to test whether people can understand different perspectives, a key sign of intelligence known as theory of mind. Its ability – which seems to have spontaneously emerged rather than being something the AI was trained to do – is comparable to that of a 9-year-old child. However, whether this shows that the AI is using theory of mind …
