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World models: LLMs are not enough
AI has mastered language, sort of. But the real world is way messier.
In this episode of TechFirst, John Koetsier sits down with Kirin Sinha, founder and CEO of Illumix, to explore what comes after large language models: world models, spatial intelligence, and physical AI.
They unpack why LLMs alone won’t get us to human-level intelligence, what it actually takes for machines to understand physical space, and how technologies born in augmented reality are now powering robotics, wearables, and real-world AI systems.
This conversation goes deep on:
• What “world models” really are — and why…
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