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Christopher M. Ackerman

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#artificial intelligence Mar 2026

Selective Deficits in LLM Mental Self-Modeling in a Behavior-Based Test of Theory of Mind

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 supported by our ability to form mental models of ourselves and others. Its ubiquit...

Christopher M. Ackerman · arXiv.org · 2 citations

#artificial intelligence Sep 2025

Evidence for Limited Metacognition in LLMs

The possibility of LLM self-awareness and even sentience is gaining increasing public attention and has major safety and policy implications, but the science of measuring them is still in a nascent state. Here we introduce a novel methodology for quantitatively evaluating metacognitive abilities in LLMs. Taking inspira...

Christopher M. Ackerman · arXiv.org · 15 citations · ⚡1