A world model is usually drawn as observation → encoder → latent → transition. I tested whether the latent earns its place across six regimes of dynamics I did not hand-author. It almost never does — and each regime says what carries the load instead.
A research prototype that encodes the I Ching as a differentiable system. It never solved a real problem, but each failure named the next step, and one methodological result survived.
The decisive AI ownership battle will not be over a chatbot's output. It will be over the memory, identity, authority, and compute that make an AI personal.
AI agents are evolving from answer engines into systems that remember, authenticate, transact, delegate, and act. The winners will control the delegation stack, not just the model.