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MIT Technology Review hosts discussion on how AI systems might develop understanding of the physical world
MIT Technology Review AI · May 21, 2026
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- •MIT Technology Review convened editor in chief Mat Honan, senior AI editor Will Douglas Heaven, and AI reporter Grace Huckins for a subscriber-only conversation exploring how AI might enter the physical world.
- •The discussion focuses on world models (AI systems designed to understand and simulate the external environment), which have become a central topic in AI development as companies work to overcome the limitations of LLMs (language models that understand and generate text).
- •The session is available only to MIT Alumni and subscribers, in both audio and video formats.
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