When AI & Human Worlds Collide

The laziest criticism of AI is that it’s nothing but statistics, machines predicting the next word in a sequence. It’s like saying humans are made of mostly water and thoughts are nothing but neurons sending electrical and chemical signals to one another. Like, yes, correct, but also: duh! This article goes two steps further: It looks at «world models», a potential space for AI models to go beyond the patterns of language. «The ultimate goal is to develop world models that simulate aspects of the real world accurately enough for agents to learn from and ultimately act within them.»