arXiv AI By Niccol\`o Caselli, Salvatore Lo Sardo, Francesco Massafra, Ippokratis Pantelidis, Samuele Punzo, Sathya Kamesh Bhethanabhotla

Mind the Gap: Promises and Pitfalls of Hierarchical Planning in LeWorldModel

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arXiv:2607. 12547v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We investigate whether temporal hierarchy can improve LeWorldModel on long-horizon goal-conditioned control.

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