World Models Need a Physical Registry: Learning Internal Predictive States for Physically Plausible World Models

arXiv:2610.16365 · cs.AI · Submitted 2026-10-12 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-10-12

Updated: 2026-10-12

Comments: 36 pages, 26 figures, 14 tables. Project page: https://grainsack.github.io/physical-registry/

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

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