Anatomy of modern world models: a tokenizer compresses states, a module predicts the next
abursuc · x · 2026-09-17
The author sketches the architecture shared by much of today's world models: a tokenizer compresses inputs into state representations, and a world model module consumes states plus conditions to produce next states. He also credits Alex Kendall and Wayve for laying out this vision early and betting on how the field would evolve.
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