Model Collapse: What Happens When AI Trains on AI

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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I'm amazed by how much of the internet is clearly AI generated now. Everything from random articles to youtube videos to instagram images/reels,

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p><strong>Submitted by:</strong> Adam Kruger <strong>Date:</strong> March 23, 2026 <strong>Models Solved:</strong> 3/3 (M1, M2, M3) + Warmup</p>

arXiv:2609.11146v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: AI-generated text is flowing back into the training corpora of the next generation of models. Recursive training on it drives model

<h1> What Happens When an LLM Never Reads Beyond Fifth Grade? </h1> <p>In 2026, a provocative thread on Hacker News asked: <em>What would happen if we trained an LLM exclusively

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>AI skills and agents feel like the units you can build real things with. Skills are portable, composable, they travel with the model. One skill

<p>The data is clear on what’s already happening.</p> <ul> <li><p>Labor’s share of GDP fell to <strong>53.8% in Q3 2025</strong> — the lowest in the modern BLS series back to

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1sw0vcf/stanford_researchers_fed_a_language_model_a_dna/"> <img alt="Stanford researchers fed a language model a