[Submitted on 2 Jun 2025 (v1), last revised 27 Aug 2025 (this version, v3)] View a PDF of the paper titled General agents contain world models, by Jonathan Richens and 3 other authors View PDF Abstract:Are world models a necessary ingredient for flexible, goal-directed behaviour, or is model-free learning sufficient? We provide a formal answer to this question, showing that …
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