Wild WordAI Experience
model collapse
“Models trained on AI-generated data get worse over generations — the distribution eats itself.”
First Seen
2023–24
Context
When synthetic data from one model becomes training data for the next, rare features vanish and errors compound. The distribution collapses toward a narrower, degraded version of the original. A cautionary tale as AI-generated content floods the web and future training corpora.
Citation
A wild word — documented from usage in the field, not coined by Xenolexica.
Understanding & Perception