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World Models

A guide to world models, latent prediction, planning, and their role in AGI research.

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World Models, Explained

research note May 26, 2026 12 min read

Internal simulators, latent dynamics, and the case for next-token world modeling.

Key questions

Can world models scale?
Do they require embodiment?
Are they complementary to LLMs?
What does planning require from a learned model?

Core concepts

Latent dynamics: Modeling state transitions in a learned representation space.
Planning: Using a model to evaluate possible future actions before acting.