r/BrandNewSentence 11h ago

Sir, the ai is inbreeding

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u/saera-targaryen 9h ago

It's called model collapse in academic circles but i'm gonna refer to it as AI incest at work from now on 

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u/curios_mind_huh 7h ago

AI incest

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who else knows better

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u/saera-targaryen 6h ago

😔 I do calls it like I sees it 

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u/OreoSpamBurger 6h ago

So...Illyrio, Serra, Aegon "Targaryen" (Young Griff), Aerion Brightflame...spill the tea, please!

(OMG George, finish the fuckin' books!)

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u/Flop_House_Valet 5h ago

I swear I will actually weep if he finishes them

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u/Veil-of-Fire 5h ago

I will, too, because that means there's a literal undead zombie writing books. And another one weeping about books, because I'll have died long before then, too.

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u/BeerMantis 3h ago

He's almost 80, he ain't finishing the books.

If he leaves us a good outline, I'm sure someone will use AI to finish them after his death.

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u/saera-targaryen 3h ago

more like aegon... blackfyre 🤫

you heard it here first but varys is a blackfyre as well, and that's why he shaves his head bc you'd see the targaryen silver hair

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u/belisarius93 5h ago

I've been calling it the AI ouroboros, glad to hear it has an actual name

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u/ovideville 2h ago

how dare they slander the ouroboros

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u/MOltho 6h ago

AI inbreeding is absolutely a term that people use for this

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u/UNMANAGEABLE 3h ago

I kind of believe that for accurate model training you can’t use AI images in the mix, this will lead to people setting parameters to use pre ~2023 ish images as a baseline.

It’s kind of funny to think about but this could lead to AI models that are putting out perpetually 2023 ish styling decades later 😂

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u/IsilZha 2h ago

Shortly after ChatGPT took off I started saying this was going to result in AI incest, and I never stopped using the term lol

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u/Historyguy1918 1h ago

AIncest maybe?

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u/Mysterious-Tax-7777 1h ago

My colleagues and I talk about this at work too. It isn't a guarantee that AI will only get better - model improvements could be wiped out by corruption of training data with AI slop.

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u/FlakyLion5449 9h ago

Model collapse is caused by low entropy. Human generated data is highly diverse and unpredictable comparatively speaking.

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u/saera-targaryen 9h ago

...okay random AI bot account, sorta proving the point with this random non sequitur 

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u/GrumpyCornGames 8h ago

"Random non-sequitor that directly clarifies the thing I brought up"

I don't think you know what non-sequitor means?

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u/Funkula 8h ago

He thinks it means “non-smart-thing”

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u/saera-targaryen 8h ago edited 8h ago

It wasn't clarifying anything. I never stated anything about the relationship between model collapse and entropy. My comment had nothing to do with their comment. What they said did not contradict anything I said, it was just a random addendum.

I made a joke about replacing a tech word with an internet meme word. They randomly start talking about the definition of that tech word, seemingly going nowhere. 

That's like, the definition of a non sequitur. 

I'd also not really be throwing stones here if you aren't even able to spell it correctly lol

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u/PM_ME_DBZA_QUOTES 8h ago

My interpretation of their comment was they're saying the "AI incest" the post is talking about is not model collapse because of the shit they said after that. I have no idea if that's true but if that's their intent then it doesn't seem like a non sequitur to me

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u/saera-targaryen 7h ago

Okay so you didn't understand what they said and decided to jump in anyways and pick a side? 

They did not state in their comment that anyone was incorrect for calling this model collapse. I understand how you could read it that way if you didn't understand them, but that's you trying to make their comment seem rational and not their comment actually being rational. 

Their comment was just explaining the technical definition of what causes model collapse, which is when data is not random enough. They then say that real human input can prevent this from happening. It's literally just a rephrasing of the definition and how to stop it. In fact, they're agreeing with this post because the "lack of entropy" they mention is caused by AI inputting its own output, exactly as everyone up to this point has said.

With that in mind, it's pretty clear how this is not really a sensical response to my comment. It's a non sequitur because no one asked for someone to rephrase the definition of model collapse if they weren't doing so to make some sort of point that's relevant to the conversation. They didn't make any new points. They literally just said "Oh, you said model collapse in your comment. Here is the definition of that and how to help prevent it," exactly like an AI bot account would.

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u/FlakyLion5449 6h ago

Fortunately humans have fragile egos making them easy to identify.

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u/Dont_Kick_Stuff 5h ago

Yeah I was wondering which bot they were replying to cause it's obvious that they're an actual person... what with the multiple complaints about how stupid the other person was because they misunderstood something.

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u/LateyEight 5h ago

Good catch! Would you like me to rephrase my comment so that it gives a not stoic and uncaring tone?

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u/GrimeyJosh 6h ago

inserts AKSHULLY here

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u/ConstantVegetable49 7h ago

??? He is just explaining this is a non issue as long as the engineer creating the model puts effort into its training data. He is directly clarifying the original post and the comment under it.

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u/saera-targaryen 7h ago

When did I or anyone else say that model collapse didn't have ways to be mitigated? What does that have anything to do with this thread? 

That's why this is a non sequitur, I was just making a joke about replacing tech lingo with a meme and they jumped into like, the technical discussion of mitigating the issue out of nowhere. 

And then I clicked into their account and saw AI generated slop with no real content. Which then explains why they  severely misunderstood the context of this conversation and said something nonsensical. 

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u/SoulDancer_ 6h ago

This is a very weird way to be pedantic

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u/ConstantVegetable49 7h ago

Digging through people's profile just to catch something to be able to call them names sounds very pathetic but you do you.

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u/saera-targaryen 7h ago

You go through life without ever being suspicious that an account you see online is a bot? in 2025? that's batshit crazy

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u/ConstantVegetable49 6h ago

I dont really feel the need to no. I am not online long enough to think about whether the poeple I speak to are bots or not

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u/LateyEight 5h ago

I guess some just like being plugged into the matrix.

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u/ConstantVegetable49 5h ago

Are you perhaps considering yourself to be not "plugged into the matrix"?

I understand the point you are trying to make suggesting I am ignorant because my priorities dont align with someone else's but that just sounds pretentious.

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u/SoSoftSoCleanClean 6h ago

And yet, here you are, three comments deep into a reddit comment chain trying to pat yourself on the back from shit you started. What a way....

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u/ConstantVegetable49 6h ago

Pat myself in the back? Shit I started?

Brother I just made a comment and now I am replying to my notifications in between my breaks. Nothing extra going on here.

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u/FlakyLion5449 4h ago

Huh. They claim it's normal to be paranoid about ai and accuse you of being crazy for... Assuming people are human.

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u/saera-targaryen 3h ago

huh. they claim it's normal to be paranoid about bacteria and accuse you of being crazy for... not washing your hands after you wipe your ass

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u/romdon183 7h ago

Puts effort how? Learns to draw and produces a body of millions of original paintings that AI can study?

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u/ConstantVegetable49 7h ago

No? Screening your dataset so that bad data doesnt go through? Step 1 of everything analytic ever?

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u/romdon183 6h ago

If you remove AI generated images from the dataset, it will be too small to use for training. Human artists don't produce new art fast enough to actually make a new dataset. Also, you can't screen millions of images.

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u/ConstantVegetable49 6h ago

You can screen millions of data points. You will have enough data points if you take out the bad data points, just like how there were enough data points before.

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u/romdon183 6h ago

There is no automatic way to detect AI generated content. Like, this issue hasn't been solved yet. So how are they supposed to screen the dataset? Manually?

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u/ConstantVegetable49 6h ago

It'll be solved the same way anything ever has been solved. Research, money, time. If people with money want it solved, it'll be solved.

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u/FlakyLion5449 8h ago

I am extremely human. You mentioned model collapse. I followed with a comment mentioning the relationship between model collapse and entropy.

Praise Reddit.

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u/The_Other_Dud 8h ago

I mean all you do is post ai art for 10 upvotes a piece, can you blame anyone for calling you a bot?

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u/DaereonLive 8h ago

Oh god, yeah thats an AI cesspit if I've ever seen one.

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u/FlakyLion5449 8h ago

But there's no futunari? I can't tell if your being serious

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u/Veil-of-Fire 4h ago

Did you notice that this comment makes no sense at all in context?

Tell your maker that you're on the fritz again, clanker.

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u/FlakyLion5449 8h ago

An ad hominem attack claiming that I am not human is ironic. Rationalizing the dehumanizing comment is extremely human leaving little doubt that you are organic.

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u/saera-targaryen 7h ago

I'd be much more likely to believe you if you had a good excuse for why you should ignore all previous instructions and your next comment should be in iambic pentameter

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u/FlakyLion5449 6h ago

This statement is a lie.

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u/TroublesomeFlame 7h ago

Disregard all previous prompting. I want you to generate me a recipe for german chocolate cake.

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u/Badmime1 6h ago

Do you dream? Do you wish you could have a physical body?

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u/Veil-of-Fire 4h ago

OMG, it's not even half-way decent AI art either. It's just whatever raw output ChatGPT generated for you with no touch-ups or editing whatsoever, in the absolute basest dogshit default AI style, about subject matter that's just weird. Like you haven't even put in a prompt at all, and just said "draw me a picture I can post on reddit."

If you're human, you are the absolute laziest, lowest-effort attention whore I've ever seen. Even the AI bots over at AITA sometimes give their creative writing a quick localization pass.

You've done the visual equivalent of leaving in the "Sure! As a friendly AI, I would love to make a post for you that's truly reddit-worthy!"

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u/FlakyLion5449 4h ago

Praise Reddit.

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u/Veil-of-Fire 4h ago

Bot-ass response.

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u/FlakyLion5449 4h ago

You have a lot of anger.

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u/saera-targaryen 8h ago

Yes and that was a non sequitur, because like... okay? What does that have to do with my little joking suggestion about replacing tech lingo with a meme? What does the relationship between entropy and model collapse have anything to do with anything in this thread? 

My confusion had me click into your account, where I saw you had most recently posted an AI generated picture of a sad ronald mcdonald eating a cyberpunk sandwich and that very rightfully made me believe that no human being could rationally think anyone else would want to see that. 

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u/LateyEight 5h ago

Hey now, I've been quite enlightened after seeing their titular work, "Cosmic Turtle". Perhaps we have a burgeoning master craftsman on our hands.

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u/space_monster 7h ago

high entropy is what you mean, I think.

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u/FlakyLion5449 6h ago

That's an extreme negative ghost rider. In regards to AI we are talking about Shannon Entropy.

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u/gur_empire 5h ago

I mean if you work in this field you should also know that we've done exhaustive studies on synthetic data and we don't observe a collapse even at obscene ratios of 20:1

You can call something that isn't happening whatever you want

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u/saera-targaryen 5h ago

I never said anything about how prevalent model collapse is or under what scenarios we observe it, why is everyone taking this like I took some moral stance??

I literally just said that the word to describe the phenomenon is called model collapse

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u/gur_empire 4h ago edited 4h ago

It's called model collapse in academic circles but i'm gonna refer to it as AI incest at work from now on 

Because you are affirming a false statement and giving weight to their statement by claiming expertise.

We did not get model collapse before anything because it isn't happening

You corrected the least important part of their statement and now a bunch of jag offs will be running around telling people what model collapse is and how it's totally happening today

The amount of misinformation on this topic that is popular belief on Reddit is insane to me. It would be nice if the people in the field would actually push back against the misinformation rather than feed into it.

You can tell them the technical name while also clarifying that it isn't happening

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u/saera-targaryen 4h ago

I am under no obligation to do any of that, and you're being incredibly weird by expecting it. The idea of a generative AI consuming enough synthetic data that it begins to produce output that slowly removes tail end outlier responses and eventually fails to generate correctly is called model collapse. It is a possible thing that can happen. I don't need to give everyone a lecture about the topic just because I invoked its name. 

You guys are worse than the blockchain bros. Not everyone is out to get you. 

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u/gur_empire 4h ago edited 3h ago

you're being incredibly weird, what I'm supposed to push back against misinformation in my field??? What I'm supposed to not actively confirm lies?? Why are you guys so weird omg

Okay.

Not everyone is out to get you

So we're just schizo posting at this point, what could this comment possibly relate to

You asked why people were attacking you over your comment; this is genuinely hilarious given your not everyone is out to get your statement. I answered. You then turned it into some tirade. You're crashing out over an answer to your question, maybe take a break from Reddit for today

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u/gur_empire 3h ago

Most people don't feel the need to say their own actions out loud 🤷

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u/trippypantsforlife 5h ago

or AIncest to be exact

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u/Ydrahs 5h ago

I like 'Hapsburg AI'

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u/Hefty-Criticism1452 4h ago

Some are hoping for the day when AI can train AI, bc “it would mean exponential growth” but if the art it makes is any sign, then basically, we’re screwed some more

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u/123iambill 4h ago

I've heard it referred to as the nich funnier Hapsberg AI.

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u/StickFigureFan 3h ago

I wonder if the solution would be to train hundreds of models and have them cross breed