Can today’s AI video models accurately model how the real world works?

But on other tasks, the model showed much more variable results. When asked to generate a video highlighting a specific written character on a grid, for instance, the model failed in nine out of 12 trials. When asked to model a Bunsen burner turning on and burning a piece of paper, it similarly failed nine out of 12 times. When asked to solve a simple maze, it failed in 10 of 12 trials. When asked to sort numbers by popping labeled bubbles in order, it failed…