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Just how resilient are large language models?
Technology solutions and open source projects by Red Dot Rocket
Massive random corruption tends to produce what researchers call "mode collapse", the model gets stuck generating repetitive, meaningless text or gives completely nonsensical responses to simple questions. If models can continue functioning even with significant parameter corruption, they might be suitable for environments where hardware reliability is a concern, space missions, military applications, or edge computing devices where repairs are impossible. The next time you interact with an AI system, remember that you're communicating with billions of numbers working in concert, many of them imperfect, some of them possibly corrupted by forces beyond our control, yet somehow still managing to understand your question and craft a meaningful response.
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