François Fleuret defines understanding as concise formulation in one's world model
francoisfleuret · x · 2026-09-28
AI researcher François Fleuret offers his definition of "understanding": formulating something concisely within one's operational world model. The framing ties understanding to efficient compression and reconstruction inside an internal world model, echoing the long-running compression-as-intelligence debate.
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