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Mattick says there is no reasonable distinction anymore between the cited Minecraft-playing system and model-based reinforcement learning.
Alexander Mattick · Why Scaling Prediction Cannot Create Intelligence - Alexander Mattick · 21 Sept 2026
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“uh to play minecraft. Have seen people call this a a world model? I've seen people say well it's just model based R_L_ I I don't think there's a reasonable difference anymore. The kind of the cut that I personally would make is if kind of the the data collection is part of the loop, I will call it model based R_L_ If it's out of the loop, then I would call it a world model. And the reason is that”Play from 2:02:02Report a misattribution
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