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Amir Pour

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0as first author
1since 2021 · last 2026
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Artificial intelligence and machine learning · 1 · 1 since 2021

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Artificial intelligence
1 paper
Knowledge representation and reasoning · 50% Language models and text generation · 50%

Topics — the 1 heaviest of 2, each with the papers that count most for it

TopicWeightPapersLastEvidence papers
Knowledge, reasoning and agents › Knowledge representation and reasoning
theory of mind
1.012026
On Emergent Social World Models - Evidence for Functional Integration of Theory of Mind and Pragmatic Reasoning in Language Models · ACL (1) 2026

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functional localization · 1.0causal-mechanistic analysis · 1.0behavioral evaluation · 1.0
YearPublicationVenuePosition
2026 On Emergent Social World Models - Evidence for Functional Integration of Theory of Mind and Pragmatic Reasoning in Language Models
abstract
This paper investigates whether LMs recruit shared computational mechanisms for general Theory of Mind (ToM) and language-specific pragmatic reasoning in order to contribute to the general question of whether LMs may be said to have emergent "social world models," i.e., representations of mental states that are repurposed across tasks (the functional integration hypothesis).Using behavioral evaluations and causal-mechanistic experiments via functional localization methods inspired by cognitive neuroscience, we analyze LMs' performance across seven subcategories of ToM abilities (Beaudoin et al., 2020) on a substantially larger localizer dataset than used in prior like-minded work.Results from stringent hypothesis-driven statistical testing offer suggestive evidence for the functional integration hypothesis, indicating that LMs may develop interconnected "social world models" rather than isolated competencies.This work contributes novel ToM localizer data, methodological refinements to functional localization techniques, and empirical insights into the emergence of social cognition in artificial systems.
Polina Tsvilodub, Jan-Felix Klumpp, Amir Pour, Jennifer Hu 0001, Michael Franke
ACL (1)3