Researcher Calls for Adding Theory of Mind Environments to Next-Gen LLM Training

lateinteraction · x · 2026-08-12

A user suggests adding a theory of mind environment to the many environments used for RL training of next-generation LLMs. Frontier models are upsettingly bad at putting themselves in others' shoes, including their past or future selves, but this seems RL-able.

They also comment that much of what gains traction in AI is increasingly a lightly-veiled quasi-technical meme or shallow dunk, lamenting the loss of substance on X.

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