In a sense, theory of mind is mind.
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"Theory of mind is mind" — Recursive prediction / Modelling other agents, including oneself
counterfactuals = simulating a perspective in which things are otherwise
long-term planning = simulating your future self
communication = modelling what your interlocutor knows
free will = present self pruning imagined futures
Link to originalConsciousness is theory of mind applied to yourself.
Attention is a real enough sort of computation , useful for predictive modelling. And in a world of sophisticated predictive modelers, including oneself, attention is worth modeling in its own right. It’s reasonable, then, to define a being, a soul, or a “who” as that which can pay attention—and can model that attention. — What is Intelligence?
ToM applied to others = social cognition