The Naïve Utility Calculus as a unified, quantitative framework for action understanding
Cognitive Psychology, 2021. [All Versions]. [Project]. This paper presents a formal theory of the Naïve Utility Calculus as a probabilistic generative model, which highlights the role of cost and reward tradeoffs in a Bayesian framework for action-understanding. The model…
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AGI & CoCoSci › Papers > Theory of Mind: “Cognitive Psychology, 2021. [All Versions]. [Project]. This paper presents a formal theory of the Naïve Utility Calculus as a probabilistic generative model, which highlights the role of cost and reward tradeoffs in a Bayesian framework for action-understanding. The model…”