The Link Zone 006

It’s been a bit slow in the ol’ RSS feed, so this is the first Link Zone in a little while. But there are some great things here.

This paper by Shumailov et al shows that Large Language Models start to degenerate once they start being trained on generated data – probably not great for our AI future.
On a similar note, Ryan Broderick writes on Garbage Day about why AI search is a Doomsday Cult
Open Culture has this write up on an AI van Gogh that one can interact with at the Musee d’Orsay in Paris
A small write up of the death of Vice News by Sophie Caraan at Hypebeast – need to find something more in depth about this, but it’s the same story we’ve seen countless times – the wealthy managerial class destroying another news outlet in the name of personal greed.
The best advice column you’re likely to read this week: Emily Gould responding to a fellow writer who needs advice on how to deal with her husband possibly leaving harsh reviews of her novel on goodreads.
This week’s Friday short story on Overland is My Wedding Cheesemonger by Sophia Benjamin, and it is a riot

Things I’m looking to read more about in the near future:

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