The dawn of a world simulator

(odyssey.ml)

41 points by olivercameron4 days ago

7 comments

superb_dev4 hours ago
None of these examples videos seem like the kind of “experiments” that they’re talking about simulating with these models.<p>I was expecting them to test a simple hypothesis and compare the model results to a real world test
- ainiriand3 hours ago
  It is not a world simulator, looks like a world fantasy.
nylonstrung1 hour ago
I can't wait for companies like this to run out of money
rmnclmnt3 hours ago
For a minute I was like (spoiler alert) « wow the creepy sci-fi theories from the DEVS tv show is taking place »… then I looked up the video and that’s just video generation at this point
anigbrowl1 hour ago
This appears to be a simulator that produces only nice things.
- 01HNNWZ0MV43FF1 hour ago
  Only SFW, too
pedalpete4 hours ago
This looks interesting, but can someone explain to me how this is different from video generators using the previous frames as inputs to expand on the next frame?<p>Is this more than recursive video? If so, how?
- smusamashah3 hours ago
  See the demo on their homepage. Calling it a world simulator is a marketing gimmick. It's a worse video generator but you can interact with it in real time and direct the video a little bit. Next version of this thing will be worth looking, this one isnt.
  - Animats0 minutes ago
    > Calling it a world simulator is a marketing gimmick.<p>Yes, it should be called an AI Metaverse.<p>It does do a nice job of short term prediction. That's useful as a component of common sense.
  - netsharc21 minutes ago
    It's plato's cave, but in color! <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_cave" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_cave</a> / <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RWOpQXTltA&t=56s" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RWOpQXTltA&t=56s</a>
  - nowittyusername1 hour ago
    There is soo much marketing bs around these things it drives me nuts. and it doesn't help that the large labs and credible individuals like denis use these terms. "world models" are video generator with contextual memory but that term is soo misplaced. when one thinks of a "world model" you expect the thing to be at least be physics engine driven from its foundation, not the other way around where everything is generated and assumed at best.
arminiusreturns50 minutes ago
I'm doing a metasim in full 3D with physics, I just keep seeing the limitations of the video format too much, but it is amazing when done right. The other biggest concern is licensing of output.