Human Goal Recognition as Bayesian Inference: Investigating the Impact of Actions, Timing, and Goal Solvability

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Auteurs principaux: Zhang, Chenyuan, Kemp, Charles, Lipovetzky, Nir
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author Zhang, Chenyuan
Kemp, Charles
Lipovetzky, Nir
author_facet Zhang, Chenyuan
Kemp, Charles
Lipovetzky, Nir
contents Goal recognition is a fundamental cognitive process that enables individuals to infer intentions based on available cues. Current goal recognition algorithms often take only observed actions as input, but here we use a Bayesian framework to explore the role of actions, timing, and goal solvability in goal recognition. We analyze human responses to goal-recognition problems in the Sokoban domain, and find that actions are assigned most importance, but that timing and solvability also influence goal recognition in some cases, especially when actions are uninformative. We leverage these findings to develop a goal recognition model that matches human inferences more closely than do existing algorithms. Our work provides new insight into human goal recognition and takes a step towards more human-like AI models.
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spellingShingle Human Goal Recognition as Bayesian Inference: Investigating the Impact of Actions, Timing, and Goal Solvability
Zhang, Chenyuan
Kemp, Charles
Lipovetzky, Nir
Human-Computer Interaction
Artificial Intelligence
Goal recognition is a fundamental cognitive process that enables individuals to infer intentions based on available cues. Current goal recognition algorithms often take only observed actions as input, but here we use a Bayesian framework to explore the role of actions, timing, and goal solvability in goal recognition. We analyze human responses to goal-recognition problems in the Sokoban domain, and find that actions are assigned most importance, but that timing and solvability also influence goal recognition in some cases, especially when actions are uninformative. We leverage these findings to develop a goal recognition model that matches human inferences more closely than do existing algorithms. Our work provides new insight into human goal recognition and takes a step towards more human-like AI models.
title Human Goal Recognition as Bayesian Inference: Investigating the Impact of Actions, Timing, and Goal Solvability
topic Human-Computer Interaction
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.10510