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Re:The Curse of Recursion: Training on Generated Data Makes ... by hn_throwawa_100 on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @09:01PM (#36319893)
> "Beware of first-hand ideas!" exclaimed one [...] "First-hand ideas do not really exist. They are but the physical impressions produced by love and fear, and on this gross foundation who could erect a philosophy? Let your ideas be second-hand, and if possible tenth-hand, for then they will be far removed from that disturbing element — direct observation." – E.M. Forster's 1909 short story "The Machine Stops"
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Re:The Curse of Recursion: Training on Generated Data Makes ... by Groxx on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @10:15PM (#36320573)
^ The Machine Stops is really shockingly good at its predictions. When reading, remember that moving pictures were brand new, and color photography had just become a thing you could do outside a lab / highly specialized setups. While it's describing the life on an online Influencer™.
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Re:The Curse of Recursion: Training on Generated Data Makes ... by CatWChainsaw on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @09:39AM (#36403796)
And I don't expect its predictions to suddenly falter, either.
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Re:The Curse of Recursion: Training on Generated Data Makes ... by bitwize on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @10:48PM (#36320808)
Sounds like a Wikipedia editorial policy.
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