待翻译：Position: Behavioral Systems Require Behavioral Tests

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--> [Submitted on 31 May 2026] Title:Position: Behavioral Systems Require Behavioral Tests View a PDF of the paper titled Position: Behavioral Systems Require Behavioral Tests, by Manuel Cherep and 2 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:Artificial agentic systems increasingly operate as behavioral systems by interacting with dynamic environments, pursuing goals, and adapting over time. Yet, current evaluation methods largely focus on performance outcomes, not the underlying behavioral processes that produce them. This paper argues that AI agents must be evaluated like other behavioral systems: through systematic observation, perturbation, and interpretation of their actions. We draw on lessons from the behavioral sciences to motivate this position, and propose a research agenda focused on developing rigorous behavioral tests. These include methods for recovering decision strategies from action sequences, constructing environments that isolate behavioral differences, and probing emergent dynamics in multi-agent systems. Taken together, these directions offer a roadmap for developing a science of AI behavior. Comments: Accepted to ICML 2026 (Position Track) Subjects: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI) Cite as: arXiv:2608.18081 [cs.AI] (or arXiv:2608.18081v1 [cs.AI] for this version) https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2608.18081 arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite Submission history From: Manuel Cherep [view email] [v1] Sun, 31 May 2026 02:09:20 UTC (331 KB) Full-text links: Access Paper: View a PDF of the paper titled Position: Behavioral Systems Require Behavioral Tests, by Manuel Cherep and 2 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) TeX Source view license Current browse context: cs.AI new | recent | 2026-08 Change to browse by: cs References & Citations NASA ADS Google Scholar Semantic Scholar Loading... Data provided by: Bibliographic Tools Bibliographic and Citation Tools Bibliographic Explorer Toggle Bibliographic Explorer (What is the Explorer?) Connected Papers Toggle Connected Papers (What is Connected Papers?) Litmaps Toggle Litmaps (What is Litmaps?) scite.ai Toggle scite Smart Citations (What are Smart Citations?) Code, Data, Media Code, Data and Media Associated with this Article alphaXiv Toggle alphaXiv (What is alphaXiv?) Links to Code Toggle CatalyzeX Code Finder for Papers (What is CatalyzeX?) DagsHub Toggle DagsHub (What is DagsHub?) GotitPub Toggle Gotit.pub (What is GotitPub?) Huggingface Toggle Hugging Face (What is Huggingface?) ScienceCast Toggle ScienceCast (What is ScienceCast?) Demos Demos Replicate Toggle Replicate (What is Replicate?) Spaces Toggle Hugging Face Spaces (What is Spaces?) Spaces Toggle TXYZ.AI (What is TXYZ.AI?) Related Papers Recommenders and Search Tools Link to Influence Flower Influence Flower (What are Influence Flowers?) Core recommender toggle CORE Recommender (What is CORE?) Author Venue Institution Topic About arXivLabs arXivLabs: experimental projects with community collaborators arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners that adhere to them. Have an idea for a project that will add value for arXiv's community? Learn more about arXivLabs. Which authors of this paper are endorsers? | Disable MathJax (What is MathJax?)