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Some signs of AI model collapse begin to reveal themselves (go.theregister.com)

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 5 days ago (5 children)

I was all like "Yeah, suck it AI! You will never be better than the average person!" But then...

Welcome to Garbage In/Garbage Out (GIGO). Formally, in AI circles, this is known as AI model collapse. In an AI model collapse, AI systems, which are trained on their own outputs, gradually lose accuracy, diversity, and reliability. This occurs because errors compound across successive model generations, leading to distorted data distributions and "irreversible defects" in performance. The final result? A Nature 2024 paper stated, "The model becomes poisoned with its own projection of reality."

Oh, so basically the same kind of thing as conservatives huffing their own propaganda. Maybe AI is a solid reflection of our worst traits.

Then I remembered that we solved that issue with computers already by having output be consistent and reliable.

[–] YesButActuallyMaybe 5 points 4 days ago

So basically fourth order simulacra gotcha

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