The Next Evolution of AI Is Learning From Your Dodgy Gaming Skills

With the twirl of a thumbstick, squeeze of a trigger, and press of a few buttons, even an unskilled player can dance their way through a 3D video game environment. A British startup is wagering that straightforward sequences like these contain a trove of information that can be used to train new artificial intelligence models.

There is a growing belief in corners of the AI industry that large language models will ultimately be limited by their inability to navigate the physical world. Trained only on words, LLMs are perhaps ill-equipped to pilot autonomous vehicles, steer robotic arms, or perform any other action that requires finesse and precision. To remedy that shortcoming, a crop of celebrated researchers including Fei-Fei Li and Yann LeCun are focusing their efforts on a different class of AI: world models.

To become fluent in real-world physics, world models need to be trained on a combination of...

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