Post #1025559

A thread on a super interesting, yet slightly terrifying study, by researchers at the University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M, and Purdue, showing that language models can suffer permanent cognitive damage when trained on low-quality, high-engagement social media posts. Sources: • https://llm-brain-rot.github.io/ • https://www.business-standard.com/technology/tech-news/llm-brain-rot-junk-data-study-ai-cognitive-decline-texas-ut-austin-purdue-125102100625_1.html • https://cryptoslate.com/the-un-dead-internet-ai-catches-irreversible-brain-rot-from-social-media/ • https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/ai-gets-brain-rot-too-study-finds-feeding-chatbots-junk-posts-makes-them-dumb-and-mean-2806199-2025-10-21