Model Collapse Is Already Happening, We Just Pretend It Isn’t
Alex Williams’s essay brings model collapse out of the laboratory and onto the open web: synthetic material is already entering the pool from which later systems learn, sanding down rare and useful differences.
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Williams, Alex. 'Model Collapse Is Already Happening, We Just Pretend It Isn’t.' Communications of the ACM, Blog@CACM, 25 March 2026. https://cacm.acm.org/blogcacm/model-collapse-is-already-happening-we-just-pretend-it-isnt/.