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AI agents learn world models using intrinsic motivation and predicted states · 2 sources tracked

Researchers are exploring how intrinsic motivation can enhance reinforcement learning agents' ability to build world models. One paper integrates 24 intrinsic objectives, including curiosity, entropy, and competency, into a reinforcement learning framework, finding that curiosity-driven exploration with observation reconstruction yields strong results. Another approach, WM-PPO, combines a world model with Proximal Policy Optimization's critic to generate auxiliary policy advantages and value targets from predicted successor states, significantly improving task success rates in environments like ALFWorld and ScienceWorld without requiring privileged information. AI

IMPACT These methods could lead to more adaptable and generalizable AI agents capable of learning complex tasks with less explicit supervision.

RANK_REASON The cluster contains two academic papers detailing novel methods for AI agents to learn world models using intrinsic motivation and predictive states.

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Reece Keller, Declan Kutscher, Xaq Pitkow, Aran Nayebi ·

    Building World Models from Intrinsic Motivation

    arXiv:2611.13113v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: In the absence of extrinsic rewards or task supervision, human behavior is guided by intrinsic motivation---neural signals that drive curiosity, creativity, play, and other essential facets of intelligence. Intrinsic motivation play…

  2. Hugging Face Daily Papers TIER_1 English(EN) ·

    Learning to Act with World Models by Valuing What Comes Next

    WM-PPO combines a world model with PPO’s critic to create auxiliary policy advantages and value targets from predicted successor states, improving task success without privileged information.