papersSEP 12 04:00 UTC
arXiv Paper Explores Whether Foundation Models Can Reason About Topological Relations
A new preprint introduces MindTopo, a study on whether foundation models can handle topological spatial relations such as connectivity and containment, which stay stable under continuous deformation. The authors note that cognitive science treats these relations as a basic part of spatial understanding, distinct from metric cues like distance and angle. The work examines how well current models capture this kind of reasoning.