world models
also referred to as: world model
10 statements across 8 episodes · 6 bullish · 1 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Dec 10, 2021 by Yann LeCun · across every show →
Everything said about world models, oldest first
Dec 10, 2021 bullish
LeCun: World models, not more data, will solve AI common sense
“So I think this is not going to be solved in my opinion by you know, more tweaks on the architectures and more training data and things like this. I mean, it may be mitigated, but I think it's not going to be fixed by that. I think it's going to be fixed by sy…”
Jan 24, 2024 bullish
Pineau: Meta's next AI step change requires general and world models
“We've done a ton of work on AI on the platform over the last few years. That was what I would call more narrow specialized models. We can continue to do that, but the bigger step change are gonna come through the more general model, building foundation models,…”
Jan 23, 2025 positive
Demis Hassabis says AI agents require active data over passive observation
“So I think that's the next big step actually for agent based systems is to go beyond world models. Can you collect enough data where the agents are also acting in the world and making plans and achieving tasks? And I think for that you will need Ah, ah, not ju…”
Jan 23, 2025 neutral
Demis Hassabis says minor error rates compound to ruin AI planning
“Even if you only have a one percent error in what the model's telling you, that's going to compound over a hundred steps to the point where you'll be in a, you know, you'll kind of get almost a random answer. And so that makes the planning very difficult.”
Mar 19, 2025 bearish
LeCun: Pixel-level video generation will not solve AI world understanding
“Is the right way to approach this problem to train better and better video generation systems? And my answer to this is absolutely no. The problem of understanding the world does not go through the solution to the, to generating video at the pixel level.”
Nov 25, 2025 positive
Jan 23, 2026 positive
Hassabis: World models are essential for AGI and long-term planning
“And then, of course, that would be, I think, essential for a GI, because that would allow these systems to plan, long-term plan, in the real world over, perhaps, very long time horizons, which, of course, we as humans can do, you know I'll spend four years get…”
Feb 6, 2026 positive
Jul 15, 2026 neutral