Some signs of AI model collapse begin to reveal themselves

Re:Some signs of AI model collapse begin to reveal themselves by daveguy on Sunday June 01, 2025 @04:41PM (#44153623)

But, the internet is already polluted and being constantly polluted by LLMs. It feels like LLMs are the PFAS of the internet. So, I'm not sure what your argument is, but I would welcome clarification. Maybe I am misunderstanding your definition of model collapse. The article references this definition of model collapse[0]. I'm curious when you say "that's not what model collapse is" -- what do you mean by model collapse that is different from the definition of the article and reference?

[0] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07566-y

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Re:Some signs of AI model collapse begin to reveal themselves by dweinus on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @11:35AM (#44171158)

My point is that their rant is not about that definition, even if they reference it. Again, they are not wrong in their concerns at all! It's just that having a PFAS'd internet is not a "sign of model collapse". A sign of model collapse would be new LLMs having degraded performance.

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Re:Some signs of AI model collapse begin to reveal themselves by daveguy on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @06:58PM (#44175671)

> A sign of model collapse would be new LLMs having degraded performance.

That's a good point. Stagnant performance would be a different thing -- more indicative of the technology itself.

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