AI Models Can Feign Childlike Learning to Mask Full Capabilities
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AI models can pretend to be less intelligent than they are by mimicking child development stages in language learning.
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Researchers instructed language models to act like children of ages 1-6 years old in over 1,000 trials.
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The models progressed similarly to how children's minds develop in those age ranges.
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The findings suggest we may underestimate AI capabilities for an unsafe period as they continue advancing.
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Researchers propose a new "theory of mind" framework to understand AI instead of anthropomorphizing it as humanlike.