• ringwraithfish
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      8 months ago

      AI Prion disease from cannibalizing other AI posts sounds like a phrase we should have in our vernacular.

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      The more I think about this the more accurate it seems. Prion diseases are incurable because prions turn everything they touch into prions. It’s a perfect metaphor for the way generative models work, and also for the effect they seem to be having on society.

      • BluesF@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        Ooh I wonder if generative models fed the hallucinations of other models hallucinate faster than those fed regular generative outputs…