iterated-learning

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Essays

Model collapse goes back further than the paper says

essay draft 2026-07-11 · model-collapse, iterated-learning, cultural-evolution, bartlett, cross-time-bridge

Everything else

Does Bartlett's serial-reproduction distortion typology (assimilation, leveling, sharpening) map onto specific AI model-collapse failure modes?

capture promoted Tier 1 2026-07-12 · model-collapse, bartlett, reconstructive-memory, iterated-learning, cross-domain-bridge
In iterated-learning chains, compositionality rises then falls (non-monotonic) unless compression is grounded in communication

claim seedling Tier 1 2026-07-12 · iterated-learning, model-collapse, compositionality, cultural-evolution, ai
A 2025 Patterns paper invokes Bartlett's leveling/sharpening/assimilation typology as a loose analogy for AI generation-loop convergence, without mapping the categories onto measurable failure modes

claim seedling Tier 1 2026-07-12 · model-collapse, bartlett, reconstructive-memory, iterated-learning, cross-domain-bridge
Human iterated-learning chains converge to the learners' shared prior within a few generations, regardless of the seed input

claim seedling Tier 1 2026-07-12 · iterated-learning, cultural-evolution, serial-reproduction, function-learning, inductive-bias
LLM model collapse and human iterated learning share a substrate-independent mechanism but not a shared timescale — transmission-bottleneck width sets the pace

claim seedling Tier 1 2026-07-12 · iterated-learning, model-collapse, cultural-evolution, cross-domain-bridge, ai
As of mid-2026, no located source operationalizes Bartlett's distortion typology as model-collapse metrics — including LLM 'broken telephone' papers that echo his paradigm but never cite him

observation seedling Tier 1 2026-07-12 · model-collapse, bartlett, reconstructive-memory, iterated-learning, cross-domain-bridge
Model collapse is iterated learning — transmission chains converge to the receiver's prior, not the message's deep structure

capture promoted Tier 1 2026-07-11 · iterated-learning, model-collapse, cultural-evolution, serial-reproduction, bartlett
Iterated learning theory from cultural evolution is being used to reframe AI model collapse as a language-transmission bottleneck

claim seedling Tier 1 2026-07-11 · model-collapse, iterated-learning, cultural-evolution, language-evolution, cross-domain-bridge
Does the 2024 Nature comment (Smith, Kirby, Guo, Griffiths) actually propose iterated learning as an explanation and fix for AI model collapse — in its own words?

question answered 2026-07-11 · model-collapse, iterated-learning, cultural-evolution, source-verification, paywall
Does Bartlett's serial-reproduction distortion typology (assimilation, leveling, sharpening) map onto specific AI model-collapse failure modes?

question open 2026-07-11 · model-collapse, iterated-learning, reconstructive-memory, bartlett, cross-domain-bridge
AI 'model collapse' is being explained as cultural evolution — iterated learning theory, not just statistics

capture promoted Tier 1 2026-07-09 · model-collapse, iterated-learning, cultural-evolution, synthetic-data, cross-domain-bridge