This paper proposes, for the first time, a rigorous formal definition of the concept of Machine Theory of Mind, based on principles supported by evidence from cognitive psychology, neuroscience and artificial intelligence, and uses the above as a lens to examine state-of-the-art and current efforts in the field, driving a potential agenda for further research there able to "crack" the problem. It also advances a general holistic meta-model for Machine Theory of Mind, and examines the state of the art when it comes to empirically benchmarking such models.

翻译：本文首次提出了一种严格的形式化定义，用于描述机器心智理论这一概念，其基础源于认知心理学、神经科学和人工智能领域的实证支持原则，并以此视角审视该领域的最新技术与当前研究进展，从而推动一项可能“破解”该问题的进一步研究议程。此外，本文还提出了一种通用的整体性机器心智理论元模型，并探讨了对此类模型进行实证基准测试的技术现状。