Bayesian Intelligence from the Outside
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arXiv:2609.14724v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Inferring intelligence from observable behavior is a foundational challenge in artificial intelligence. We develop a theory of Bayesian intelligence for agents such as language models. Each prompt induces a possibly imperfect internal experiment; the agent updates a full-support prior by Bayes' rule and faithfully reports its posterior over the possible answers to the question. Repetitions draw fresh, independent outcomes from the same unobserved experiment at one fixed state. We show that the agent's behavior admits this explanation if and only
Key takeaways
- arXiv:2609.14724v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Inferring intelligence from observable behavior is a foundational challenge in artificial intelligence.
- We develop a theory of Bayesian intelligence for agents such as language models.
- Each prompt induces a possibly imperfect internal experiment; the agent updates a full-support prior by Bayes' rule and faithfully reports its posterior over the possible answers to the question.
Why it matters
“Bayesian Intelligence from the Outside” illustrates how changes in the AI ecosystem can affect products, workflows and user expectations together. Its lasting significance depends on measurable adoption, cost and safety outcomes.

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