Learning About Learning by Frank Lü

What the Fuck is a World Model?

June 4, 2026

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Sample code (TypeScript)

type User = { id: string; name: string; interests: string[] }

export function summarizeUser(user: User): string {
	const interests = user.interests.length ? user.interests.join(", ") : "none listed"
	return `User ${user.name} (${user.id}) — interests: ${interests}`
}

// Example
console.log(
	summarizeUser({ id: "u_123", name: "Alex", interests: ["robotics", "vision", "world models"] }),
)

Diagram (Mermaid)

flowchart TD
	A["Input text"] --> B["Tokenizer"]
	B --> C["Model"]
	C --> D["Output tokens"]
	D --> E["Detokenize"]
	E --> F["Rendered response"]

Math

Inline: The Gaussian PDF is p(x)=12πσ2exp((xμ)22σ2)p(x)=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi\sigma^2}}\exp\left(-\frac{(x-\mu)^2}{2\sigma^2}\right).

Block:

L(θ)=i=1Nfθ(xi)yi22+λθ22\mathcal{L}(\theta)=\sum_{i=1}^{N}\left\lVert f_\theta(x_i)-y_i\right\rVert_2^2+\lambda\lVert\theta\rVert_2^2

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