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LLMs can get "brain rot"

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Re: LLMs can get "brain rot"

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I think it's an interesting line of thought. So we all adopt LLMs and use it everywhere we can. What happens to the next generation of humans, born with AI and with diminished cognitive capacity to even wonder about anything? What about the next generation? What happens to the next generation of AI models that can't train on original human-created datasets free of AI?

They will accept that their orders come from a terminal and they will follow them.

Manna. https://marshallbrain.com/manna1

Re: LLMs can get "brain rot"

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post #34

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why just kids?

I am mostly concerned with the irreversibility part. More developed brains probably would not be affected as much.

I recently saw an article about the history of Sesame Street that claimed that in the late 1960s American preschool kids watched around twenty-seven hours of television per week on average[0]. And most of that was not age-appropriate (education TV had yet to be invented). So maybe we should check in on the boomers too if we're sincere about these worries.

[0] https://books.google.se/books?id=KOUCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA48&vq=ses...

Re: LLMs can get "brain rot"

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post #24

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Attention is all you need.

In today's hyper saturated world, attention is everything: - consumer marketing - politics - venture fundraising When any system has a few power law winners, it makes sense to grab attention. Look at Trump and Musk and now Altman. They figured it out. MrBeast... Attention, even if negative, wedges you into the system and everyone's awareness. Your mousey quiet competitors aren't even seen or acknowledged. The attenti…

Something flew approximately 10 miles above your head that would be a good idea for you to learn.

Re: LLMs can get "brain rot"

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post #34

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I am mostly concerned with the irreversibility part. More developed brains probably would not be affected as much.

Have you opened facebook recently? Seems the older folk are plenty affected to me.

But don't worry, us middle aged people are definitely immune.

Re: LLMs can get "brain rot"

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post #24

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Attention is all you need.

In today's hyper saturated world, attention is everything: - consumer marketing - politics - venture fundraising When any system has a few power law winners, it makes sense to grab attention. Look at Trump and Musk and now Altman. They figured it out. MrBeast... Attention, even if negative, wedges you into the system and everyone's awareness. Your mousey quiet competitors aren't even seen or acknowledged. The attenti…

Is this copypasted from LinkedIn?

Re: LLMs can get "brain rot"

#47
“Studying “Brain Rot” for LLMs isn’t just a catchy metaphor—it reframes data curation as cognitive hygiene for AI, guiding how we source, filter, and maintain training corpora so deployed systems stay sharp, reliable, and aligned over time.”

An LLM-written line if I’ve ever seen one. Looks like the authors have their own brainrot to contend with.

Re: LLMs can get "brain rot"

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post #47

“Studying “Brain Rot” for LLMs isn’t just a catchy metaphor—it reframes data curation as cognitive hygiene for AI, guiding how we source, filter, and maintain training corpora so deployed systems stay sharp, reliable, and aligned over time.” An LLM-written line if I’ve ever seen one. Looks like the authors have their own brainrot to contend with.

If it conveys the intended information then what's wrong with that? You're fighting a tsunami here. People are going to use LLMs to help their writing now and forever.

Re: LLMs can get "brain rot"

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post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In today's hyper saturated world, attention is everything: - consumer marketing - politics - venture fundraising When any system has a few power law winners, it makes sense to grab attention. Look at Trump and Musk and now Altman. They figured it out. MrBeast... Attention, even if negative, wedges you into the system and everyone's awareness. Your mousey quiet competitors aren't even seen or acknowledged. The attenti…

Is this copypasted from LinkedIn?

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Re: LLMs can get "brain rot"

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post #47

“Studying “Brain Rot” for LLMs isn’t just a catchy metaphor—it reframes data curation as cognitive hygiene for AI, guiding how we source, filter, and maintain training corpora so deployed systems stay sharp, reliable, and aligned over time.” An LLM-written line if I’ve ever seen one. Looks like the authors have their own brainrot to contend with.

If it conveys the intended information then what's wrong with that? You're fighting a tsunami here. People are going to use LLMs to help their writing now and forever.

The brainrot apologists have arrived
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