The Great Deceivers: Virtual Agents and Believable Lies
João Carlos Pinto Dias, Ruth S. Aylett, Ana Paiva, Henrique Reis · eScholarship (California Digital Library) · 2013
This paper proposes a model giving Theory of Mind (ToM) capabilities to artificial agents to allow them to carry out deceptive behaviours.It describes a model supporting an N-level Theory of Mind and reports a study to assess whether equipping agents with a two-level ToM results in them being perceived as more socially intelligent than agents with a singlelevel ToM.A deception game being developed for intercultural training of children, used for this study, is described.Finally, we report results from this study consistent with the hypothesis that a two-level Theory of Mind better supports agents in deceptive behaviour.