AnyGoal research asks whether world models memorize trajectories instead of learning reusable rules
randall_balestr · x · 2026-10-23
Researcher hazelheejeong introduced AnyGoal, a project probing what world models actually learn. The framing: humans don't memorize every trajectory — we learn reusable rules. Do world models do the same?
The authors suggest current world models may understand the world far less than assumed, potentially memorizing trajectories rather than extracting generalizable rules. See the linked paper for experimental details.
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