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Two approaches to open-world game AI. STEVE-1 uses video pre-training and instruction following, while DreamerV3 learns a world model from scratch via reinforcement learning.
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DreamerV3 is more general and achieves harder objectives (diamond collection) through explicit world modeling and RL. STEVE-1 is more flexible in following diverse human instructions without reward engineering. DreamerV3 wins on raw achievement; STEVE-1 wins on controllability and ease of specifying goals.
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Choose STEVE-1 when its capabilities best match your research or deployment requirements.
Choose DreamerV3 when its capabilities best match your research or deployment requirements.
DreamerV3 is more general and achieves harder objectives (diamond collection) through explicit world modeling and RL. STEVE-1 is more flexible in following diverse human instructions without reward engineering. DreamerV3 wins on raw achievement; STEVE-1 wins on controllability and ease of specifying goals.
| Dimension | STEVE-1 | DreamerV3 |
|---|---|---|
| Learning Approach | Video pre-training + instruction conditioning | World model learning from scratch via RL |
| Instruction Following | Yes (text-conditioned behavior) | No (reward-driven goals) only |
| World Model | Implicit (in video pre-training) | Explicit RSSM latent dynamics model |
| Reward Required | No (hindsight relabeling) | Yes (environment reward signal) |
| Minecraft Achievement | Diverse instruction-following tasks | First to collect diamonds from scratch |
| Year | 2023 | 2023 |
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| Model | Category | Index v1.1 | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEVE-1 | Generative World Model | 53/100 | medium |
| DreamerV3 | Model-Based RL | 88/100 | high |
| Genie | Generative World Model | 57/100 | medium |
| OASIS | Generative World Model | 66/100 | medium |
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DreamerV3 achieves harder goals autonomously. STEVE-1 is better at following specific human instructions. The choice depends on whether you need autonomous achievement or controllable behavior.
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