The naïve utility calculus: Computational principles underlying commonsense psychology
Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2016. [All Versions]. [Preprint]. This review article proposes that human social cognition is structured around a basic understanding of ourselves and others as intuitive utility maximizers: from a young age, humans implicitly assume that agents…
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AGI & CoCoSci › Papers > Theory of Mind: “Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2016. [All Versions]. [Preprint]. This review article proposes that human social cognition is structured around a basic understanding of ourselves and others as intuitive utility maximizers: from a young age, humans implicitly assume that agents…”