From monoliths to modules: Decomposing transducers for efficient world modelling

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2512.02193v1
• Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2025 20:37:43 GMT
• Title: From monoliths to modules: Decomposing transducers for efficient world modelling
• Authors: Alexander Boyd, Franz Nowak, David Hyland, Manuel Baltieri, Fernando E. Rosas,
• Abstract summary: We develop a framework for decomposing complex world models represented by transducers.<n>Our results clarify how to invert this process, deriving sub-transducers operating on distinct input-output subspaces.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: World models have been recently proposed as sandbox environments in which AI agents can be trained and evaluated before deployment. Although realistic world models often have high computational demands, efficient modelling is usually possible by exploiting the fact that real-world scenarios tend to involve subcomponents that interact in a modular manner. In this paper, we explore this idea by developing a framework for decomposing complex world models represented by transducers, a class of models generalising POMDPs. Whereas the composition of transducers is well understood, our results clarify how to invert this process, deriving sub-transducers operating on distinct input-output subspaces, enabling parallelizable and interpretable alternatives to monolithic world modelling that can support distributed inference. Overall, these results lay a groundwork for bridging the structural transparency demanded by AI safety and the computational efficiency required for real-world inference.

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