When Does Latent Prediction Error Support Physical Surprise Claims in Video World Models?
READ THE ORIGINAL SOURCEOpen original sourcehuggingface.co · Opens in a new tabThe paper examines whether prediction error from video world models reliably measures physical surprise. It uses a framework separating frozen representation content, latent geometry, and model prediction error. On IntPhys2, V-JEPA2 shows modest information about physical possibility, while appearance is easy to decode. Prediction error responds to appearance changes and incorrect actions. In Kubric, impossible events can yield lower error than possible ones, and a fixed threshold falsely flags many possible events. The authors conclude native prediction error does not reliably measure physical surprise, for the tested models and settings.
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The paper examines whether prediction error from video world models reliably measures physical surprise. It uses a framework separating frozen representation content, latent geometry, and model prediction error. On IntPhys2, V-JEPA2 shows modest information about physical possibility, while appearance is easy to decode. Prediction error responds to appearance changes and incorrect actions. In Kubric, impossible events can yield lower error than possible ones, and a fixed threshold falsely flags many possible events. The authors conclude native prediction error does not reliably measure physical surprise, for the tested models and settings.
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Findings concern the tested models and settings (V-JEPA2, IntPhys2, Physion++, Kubric) and are not a general claim about all video world models.
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- Across 256 configurations, V-JEPA2-G gives lower error to impossible motion on solid support but higher error over a gap.
- A development-fixed cutoff reaches 53.9% balanced accuracy on clean clips while falsely flagging about 69% of possible clips.
- In Kubric, impossible events can produce lower prediction error than possible events.
- Appearance changes and incorrect actions both raise prediction error, so error mixes physical and non-physical signals.
Findings concern the tested models and settings (V-JEPA2, IntPhys2, Physion++, Kubric) and are not a general claim about all video world models.
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Prediction error is often used as a proxy for physical violation detection. This work shows that such signals can be driven by appearance and motion, so practitioners should validate them before relying on them for physics reasoning.
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Findings concern the tested models and settings (V-JEPA2, IntPhys2, Physion++, Kubric) and are not a general claim about all video world models.
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