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LLMs can get "brain rot"

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466 points tamnd | 1 comments | 21 Oct 25 14:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.418s | source
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Version467 ◴[22 Oct 25 06:55 UTC] No.45665703[source]▶
So they trained LLM's on a bunch of junk and then notice that it got worse? I don't understand how that's a surprising, or even interesting result?
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1. Sxubas ◴[22 Oct 25 12:21 UTC] No.45667950[source]▶
Sometimes the simplest of experiments/observations can lead to useful results: You can't do science without challenging your beliefs.

And while this result isn't extraordinary, it definitely creates knowledge and could close the gap to more interesting observations.