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466 points tamnd | 2 comments | 21 Oct 25 14:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.445s | source

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thelastgallon ◴[21 Oct 25 16:00 UTC] No.45657408[source]▶

If most of the content produced by younger generations is about skibidi toilet[1] and 67[2], isn't that what LLMs are going to be trained on?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skibidi_Toilet

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6-7_(meme)

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1. micromacrofoot ◴[21 Oct 25 17:02 UTC] No.45658248[source]▶

>>45657408 #

only if the trends last long enough (which they rarely do!), skibidi is already old news according to some kids I know

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2. ciaranmca ◴[21 Oct 25 19:50 UTC] No.45660794[source]▶

>>45658248 (TP) #

Agreed, “ Popularity as a better indicator”. Hypothetically you could look at popularity over time to filter out viral rot content and work out if people feel the content is useful.

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LLMs can get "brain rot"