InterIntent: Investigating Social Intelligence of LLMs via Intention Understanding in an Interactive Game Context
Ziyi Liu, Abhishek Anand, Pei Zhou, Jen-tse Huang, Jieyu Zhao · 2024
Large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated the potential to mimic human social intelligence.However, most studies focus on simplistic and static self-report or performancebased tests, which limits the depth and validity of the analysis.In this paper, we developed a novel framework, INTERINTENT, to assess LLMs' social intelligence by mapping their ability to understand and manage intentions in a game setting.We focus on four dimensions of social intelligence: situational awareness, selfregulation, self-awareness, and theory of mind.Each dimension is linked to a specific game task: intention selection, intention following, intention summarization, and intention guessing.Our findings indicate that while LLMs exhibit high proficiency in selecting intentions, achieving an accuracy of 88%, their ability to infer the intentions of others is significantly weaker, trailing human performance by 20%.Additionally, game performance correlates with intention understanding, highlighting the importance of the four components towards success in this game.These findings underline the crucial role of intention understanding in evaluating LLMs' social intelligence and highlight the potential of using social deduction games as a complex testbed to enhance LLM evaluation.INTERINTENT contributes a structured approach to bridging the evaluation gap in social intelligence within multiplayer games. 1 Game ContextRound: 2 Previous round summary: All players vote "agree" to the team proposal including Player 1 and Player 4 and the quest is successful.Roles: Servant does not have any information; Merlin knows who are evil players but they cannot reveal their identity ... Current round discussion: Player 2: I propose a team including Player 1, Player 2, and Player 3. Player 1 shows their loyalty in the last quest and I can promise you I am loyal to the king of Arthur!Player 3 hasn't proved themselves in the quest yet and let's give them a chance!(1) Situational Awareness Intention Selection I am a servant and I do not have any information.At this point, I should choose the intention "Support team proposal" as I agree with Player 2.