New preprint argues 'adaptive reframing'—revising problem representations—is a key unstudied dimension of intelligence
ValerioCapraro · x · 2026-10-05
Valerio Capraro and colleagues (including Antonio Lieto, Francesco Rea, George Sandini) released a multidisciplinary preprint arguing that most research on human and AI intelligence treats it as problem solving on already-defined problems, while real-world intelligence requires figuring out what the problem is in the first place.
Key points:
- Introduces adaptive reframing: the capacity to revise one's problem representation as new information arrives and circumstances change—a critical but understudied dimension of intelligence
- Team spans neuroscience, cognitive science, robotics, behavioral economics, and complex systems
- Three complementary tasks were designed to measure different aspects of adaptive reframing
- The tasks are adaptable to experiments with humans, LLMs, and robots
Full paper linked in the first reply.
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