arXiv AI
6d ago

Learning Intrinsic Dynamics in Latent World Models

The paper investigates how encouraging action predictability in latent world models can preserve intrinsic dynamics, which are crucial for planning. By deriving a theoretical lower bound and conducting empirical tests, the authors show that action predictability prevents the encoder from merging distinct action outcomes, even when visual appearance varies. Using a method called Concat IDM, they achieve a substantial increase in planning success on the Push‑T benchmark, from 9.1% to 77.2%, demonstrating the practical benefit of this inductive bias.

By Jiamin Shi, Yuanhong Zhang, Zhiyang Liu, Jiawei Sun, Jingwen Fu