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Field notesResearch notes and essays from the Aether team on causality, agents, world models, and real-world intelligence.

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2026 · 08 · 09SCARSCAR method diagram: inverse dynamics, forward dynamics, KL, GRL, and controller recovery for unified latent actions
World Models · Latent Actions~ 8 min

SCAR: Self-Supervised Continuous Action Representation Learning.

Learning a unified latent action interface from visual transitions, so world models can transfer action structure across embodiments instead of overfitting to raw robot commands.

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2026 · 07 · 27Causal DebiasingCD-LAM at a glance: action-following error, visual fidelity, and post-training efficiency compared against the DreamDojo baseline
Causal AI · World Models~ 12 min

CD-LAM: Causal Debiasing Gives World Models Stronger Action Control with 10x Less Post-training.

Reconstruction-based latent action models can generate convincing video while barely controlled by the action. Debiasing the latent action space first cuts action-following error by over 30%.

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2026 · 07 · 16ManipulationInteraction-Weighted Resampling: locomotion vs manipulation reachability geometry
Reinforcement Learning · Manipulation~ 11 min

The Geometry of Contact: Learning Object Manipulation from Scratch.

Contact folds the reachability landscape along a new seam. Interaction-Weighted Resampling restores coverage where it happens — lifting a real air-hockey robot from 5/20 to 12/20.

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2026 · 07 · 09World ModelsTask-centric world model architecture diagram
World Models · Representation~ 10 min

Back to Parsimonious Latents: Task-Centric World Models from Visual Foundations.

What latent space should a world model learn for control? A single linear projection extracts a compact, task-centric state from frozen visual foundations.

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2026 · 05 · 17FoundationsCausal intervention diagram
Causality · World Models~ 18 min

Causality and the Next AI Paradigm.

Why predictive structure is not causal structure, and how causal world models can give AI a better target for real-world intelligence.

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2026 · 05 · 17Causal CopilotCausal Copilot reasoning loop diagram
Causal Agents · Discovery~ 9 min

Causal Copilot: Toward AI That Discovers Before It Acts.

A runnable causal analysis agent for discovery, effect estimation, counterfactual reasoning, robustness checks, and inspectable reports.

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2026 · 05 · 17World AgentWorld Agent causal brain diagram
World Agents · Memory~ 6 min

Building the Causal Brain of World Agent.

Why the next generation of agents needs memory, imagination, modular control, and causal understanding before it acts.

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2026 · 05 · 17Closed LoopClosed-loop causal world model diagram
Causal World Models~ 12 min

Learning Causal World Models: A Closed-Loop Recipe for Exploration, Representation, and Decision Making.

How causal world models can guide exploration, abstract state and action, verify imagined futures, and improve control.

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