Summary
Modern artificial intelligence (AI) systems can recognize simple actions in short video clips, yet they cannot understand the full complexity of events unfolding over time. They struggle to follow multi-step activities, explain why something happened, imagine what would happen under different circumstances, or use what they observe to guide physical actions. These limitations prevent AI from having a transformative impact in areas of national importance such as robotics, healthcare, and manufacturing, where understanding dynamic visual scenes is essential. This project will develop a new gener
