Modeling the Mistakes of Boundedly Rational Agents Within a Bayesian Theory of Mind

Understand

When inferring the goals that others are trying to achieve, people intuitively understand that others might make mistakes along the way.

• This is crucial for activities such as teaching, offering assistance, and deciding between blame or forgiveness.
• However, Bayesian models of theory of mind have generally not accounted for these mistakes, instead modeling agents as mostly optimal in achieving their goals.
• As a result, they are unable to explain phenomena like locking oneself out of one's house, or losing a game of chess.