arXiv AI By Yuhai Wang, Jiawei Xia, Rongxuan Zhou, Xiao Hu, Yongliang Shi, Jing Du, Yang Ye

PRISM: PRior-guided Imagination Sampling in world Models

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arXiv:2606. 07974v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: A learned world model provides a powerful physical intuition for evaluating future states.

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