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Edit-Distance Links: A Hypertextual Reading of Conditional-Tokenization World Models

Year: 2026

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Generative world models produce navigable structure without pre-authored structure. They therefore supply new test cases for the claim that hypertext is structural all the way down. We isolate one construct in this class of systems that extends hypertext theory rather than relabels it: the edit-distance link (λδ). A λδ link’s representational weight lies on the transformation between its endpoints, carried by an explicit discrete channel, while invariant content persists through a continuous conditioning channel.

Source: ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media (HT)

DOI: 10.1145/3800935.3830861

Authors: Raghav Sharma, Manan Mehta, Vineeth Kalluru, Adit Kotwal

Institutions: Northeastern University, University of Southern California, Nvidia (United States), New York University

Language: English

Topic: Web Applications and Data Management

Subfield: Information Systems

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W7208829274

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