Situation Perception: A Necessary Primitive to Artificial Superintelligence

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2606.30481v1
• Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:42:49 GMT
• Title: Situation Perception: A Necessary Primitive to Artificial Superintelligence
• Abstract summary: We argue that pattern mastery is not the same as general intelligence.<n>A human infant begins with little explicit knowledge, but gradually discovers object permanence, cause and effect, other minds, bodily agency, and the persistence of the physical world.<n>We propose tests for measuring progress and consequences of machines that can simulate futures, pursue self-directed goals, and possibly judge their own creators.
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• Abstract: Current large language models are extraordinary statistical engines. They compress vast amounts of text into useful patterns and can explain science, write code, imitate reasoning, and participate in philosophical conversation. Yet pattern mastery is not the same as general intelligence. A human infant begins with little explicit knowledge, but gradually discovers object permanence, cause and effect, other minds, bodily agency, and the persistence of the physical world. We make an argument that the path to artificial superintelligence (ASI) depends on a missing capacity we call \emph{situation perception}: the ability to construct, revise, and act within internal simulations of possible worlds across latent time. \emph{ perception} requires at least three core components: abstract prediction, long-term compressed memory, and active learning guided by objectives. In this work, we analyse why modern large language models remain incomplete, and propose the appropriate tests for measuring progress and consequences of machines that can simulate futures, pursue self-directed goals, and possibly judge their own creators.

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