this post was submitted on 31 May 2025
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So, reading this article, it's not about model collapse, but about RAG - letting the AI model google the question essentially. The problem is, the first 10 pages of google search results are all low effort adfarming slop sites, because of course it is, which is making the answers from the AI worse, as these slop sites often have incorrect or otherwise unproofed articles, which biases the AI to fork out the wrong answer.
I'm sure the major AI services will try and fix this with some slop site detection routines.
No they will not, because this will harm their short term bottom line, which is always, "add short term value for the shareholder"
Plus, it's not an easy task.