The Essential Role of Causality in Foundation World Models for Embodied AI

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Autores principales: Gupta, Tarun, Gong, Wenbo, Ma, Chao, Pawlowski, Nick, Hilmkil, Agrin, Scetbon, Meyer, Rigter, Marc, Famoti, Ade, Llorens, Ashley Juan, Gao, Jianfeng, Bauer, Stefan, Kragic, Danica, Schölkopf, Bernhard, Zhang, Cheng
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author Gupta, Tarun
Gong, Wenbo
Ma, Chao
Pawlowski, Nick
Hilmkil, Agrin
Scetbon, Meyer
Rigter, Marc
Famoti, Ade
Llorens, Ashley Juan
Gao, Jianfeng
Bauer, Stefan
Kragic, Danica
Schölkopf, Bernhard
Zhang, Cheng
author_facet Gupta, Tarun
Gong, Wenbo
Ma, Chao
Pawlowski, Nick
Hilmkil, Agrin
Scetbon, Meyer
Rigter, Marc
Famoti, Ade
Llorens, Ashley Juan
Gao, Jianfeng
Bauer, Stefan
Kragic, Danica
Schölkopf, Bernhard
Zhang, Cheng
contents Recent advances in foundation models, especially in large multi-modal models and conversational agents, have ignited interest in the potential of generally capable embodied agents. Such agents will require the ability to perform new tasks in many different real-world environments. However, current foundation models fail to accurately model physical interactions and are therefore insufficient for Embodied AI. The study of causality lends itself to the construction of veridical world models, which are crucial for accurately predicting the outcomes of possible interactions. This paper focuses on the prospects of building foundation world models for the upcoming generation of embodied agents and presents a novel viewpoint on the significance of causality within these. We posit that integrating causal considerations is vital to facilitating meaningful physical interactions with the world. Finally, we demystify misconceptions about causality in this context and present our outlook for future research.
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spellingShingle The Essential Role of Causality in Foundation World Models for Embodied AI
Gupta, Tarun
Gong, Wenbo
Ma, Chao
Pawlowski, Nick
Hilmkil, Agrin
Scetbon, Meyer
Rigter, Marc
Famoti, Ade
Llorens, Ashley Juan
Gao, Jianfeng
Bauer, Stefan
Kragic, Danica
Schölkopf, Bernhard
Zhang, Cheng
Artificial Intelligence
Computation and Language
Machine Learning
Robotics
Recent advances in foundation models, especially in large multi-modal models and conversational agents, have ignited interest in the potential of generally capable embodied agents. Such agents will require the ability to perform new tasks in many different real-world environments. However, current foundation models fail to accurately model physical interactions and are therefore insufficient for Embodied AI. The study of causality lends itself to the construction of veridical world models, which are crucial for accurately predicting the outcomes of possible interactions. This paper focuses on the prospects of building foundation world models for the upcoming generation of embodied agents and presents a novel viewpoint on the significance of causality within these. We posit that integrating causal considerations is vital to facilitating meaningful physical interactions with the world. Finally, we demystify misconceptions about causality in this context and present our outlook for future research.
title The Essential Role of Causality in Foundation World Models for Embodied AI
topic Artificial Intelligence
Computation and Language
Machine Learning
Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.06665