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Vol. I · No. 251
Mon · 8 Jun
A Daily Lexicon of Trustworthy Data
The Lexicon

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model collapse

/ˈmɒdəl kəˈlæps/ - n.

1 [colloq.] The org photocopied the photocopy until 'customer' meant nothing at all.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. Progressive degradation when models are trained largely on the outputs of earlier models rather than original data.

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See also
  • ground truthOne analyst's spreadsheet, promoted to truth because no one else volunteered.
  • model driftThe model did not change. The world did, and no one was watching the gap.
  • synthetic dataInvented to fill a gap, and shaped exactly like the assumption that left it.
  • training dataWhatever was easiest to export, now load-bearing.