Will a new kind of AI that understands physical reality change the world again?
AI chatbots can describe reality in words, but don’t truly understand cause and effect in the real world. Now, a fresh kind of machine intelligence that does just that is emerging
As reported by various sources, the emergence of a new kind of artificial intelligence (AI) capable of understanding physical reality has sparked significant interest and debate within the scientific community. This development is seen as potentially transformative, with some researchers arguing that traditional large language models (LLMs) – which power today's chatbots – lack the capability to simulate real-world consequences and thus impose limitations on AI's overall potential.
The concept of "world models" has gained traction as a promising approach to overcoming these limitations, particularly in the realm of autonomous robotics and artificial general intelligence (AGI).
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