db2 comments on “Model collapse” threatens to kill progress on generative AIs

Our Rules

Only tech related news or articles.

Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.

Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.

Politics threads may be removed.

No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.

Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.

Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 55 points 2 years ago (3 children)

In case anyone doesn't get what's happening, imagine feeding an animal nothing but its own shit.

permalink

fedilink

source

parent

hideshow 6 child comments

[–] BassTurd@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Not shit, but isn't that what brought about mad cow disease? Farmers were feeding cattle brain matter that had infected prions. Idk if it was cows eating cow brains or other animals though.

permalink

fedilink

source

parent

hideshow 2 child comments

[–] _cnt0@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 years ago (1 child)

It was the remains of fish which we ground into powder and fed to other fish and sheep, whose remains we ground into powder and fed to other sheep and cows, whose remains we ground to powder and fed to other cows.

permalink

fedilink

source

parent

hideshow 2 child comments