Caption: An “agent” and an “observer” demonstrate how a new MIT algorithm is capable of inferring goals and plans, even when those plans might fail. Here, the agent makes a mistaken plan to reach the blue gem, which the observer infers as a possibility. Credits: Image courtesy of the researchers.
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In a classic experiment on human social intelligence by psychologists Felix Warneken and Michael Tomasello, an 18-month old toddler watches a man carry a stack of books towards an unopened cabinet. When the man reaches the cabinet, he clumsily bangs the books against the door of the cabinet several times, then makes a puzzled noise.