Yeah I think a bad prompt can create an output which is meaningless. I had such experience reviewing a software architecture diagram generated by Claude.
Worse, I noticed that people in an office environment themselves have adopted a more speculative, communication style.
In the past, people remembered what was said and would draw attention to discrepancies. I could trust what people said.
Nowadays it's like; someone can say one thing one day and the opposite the next day (through convoluted language) and nobody bats an eyelash. Or sometimes someone will agree with me but then what they say immediately after reveals that they didn't understand the essence of my point at all. I didn't notice these things 5 years ago.
I guess this is what AI researchers refer to as 'model collapse' - it seems to affect people too though...
Worse, I noticed that people in an office environment themselves have adopted a more speculative, communication style.
In the past, people remembered what was said and would draw attention to discrepancies. I could trust what people said.
Nowadays it's like; someone can say one thing one day and the opposite the next day (through convoluted language) and nobody bats an eyelash. Or sometimes someone will agree with me but then what they say immediately after reveals that they didn't understand the essence of my point at all. I didn't notice these things 5 years ago.
I guess this is what AI researchers refer to as 'model collapse' - it seems to affect people too though...