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New Unified Framework for World Models Aims to Bridge Human and Machine Cognition
A new research paper presents a conceptual unified framework for world models that integrates cognitive functions such as memory, perception, language, reasoning, imagination, motivation, and metacognition. The authors identify that motivation and metacognition remain under-researched and propose directions based on active inference and global workspace theory. They also introduce epistemic world models for scientific discovery.
Jun 17, 2026 1 source