Are you a fan of the game chess? If I asked you to play chess, how would you play the game? Before moving any pieces on the chessboard, you might imagine the consequences of moving any piece and move the piece you think would help you to win. So, basically, before taking any action, you imagine the consequence and, if it is favorable, you proceed with that action, or else you refrain from performing that action.
Similarly, imagination augmented agents are augmented with imagination; before taking any action in an environment they imagine the consequences of taking the action and, if they think the action will provide a good reward, they will perform the action. They also imagine the consequences of taking a different action. Augmenting agents with imaginations is the next big step towards general artificial intelligence.
Now we will see how imagination...
