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Ask HN: Does AI research need "world models" more than bigger LLMs?

2•unjuno•1h ago
It seems that generating hypotheses is no longer the main problem. The harder problem may be continuously collecting real-world data, building accurate world models, and using them to guide experiments. Is this where automated research is heading?

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unjuno•1h ago
By “world model,” I mean a model continuously updated from experimental or sensor data, not just an LLM trained on text.

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