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Alexander Mattick says “world model” is an extremely overloaded term that can mean almost anything, much like JAPA.
Alexander Mattick · Why Scaling Prediction Cannot Create Intelligence - Alexander Mattick · 21 Sep 2026
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“World models have exactly the same problem as JAPA because it's such an absolutely overloaded term, it can mean literally anything.”2:00:45Report a misattribution
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