You’re carrying around in your head a model of how the world works. Will AI systems need to do the same?

The article <a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/world-models-an-old-idea-in-ai-mount-a-comeback-20250902/">‘World Models,’ an Old Idea in AI, Mount a Comeback</a> first appeared on Quanta Magazine.

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