Bitcoin Audible Read_928 - Urban Bugmen and AI Model Collapse: A Unified Theory
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Jan 22, 2026 Explore the mind-bending idea that AI's reliance on recycled data might not just be a tech issue, but a universal law affecting societies and economies. Dive into the implications of model collapse, where information degradation leads to cultural breakdown. Discover connections between urbanization, population decline, and the dangers of synthetic realities. Learn why delusion and social fragility ensue when systems become corrupted, and why getting back to reality is essential for preserving human integrity.
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Model Collapse From Self-Training
- Training AI on AI-generated data causes fidelity loss and hallucinations over generations.
- Copernican proposes this as a universal law affecting any system that trains on its own class output.
Mouse Utopia Behavioral Sink
- John B. Calhoun's Universe 25 saw mice reproduce until social collapse and infertility emerged.
- The peak population fell and behavioral sink produced nihilistic extinction without starvation.
Human Model Collapse Theory
- Unified Model Collapse generalizes fidelity loss to humans and cultures trained on synthetic data.
- Excess artificial input makes neural models delusional and detached from reality.
