mode collapse
/ˈmoʊd kəˌlæps/
converging to repetitive or generic outputs regardless of varied inputs
mode collapse in a sentence
“Mode collapse made every creative writing request produce similar clichéd stories.”
Origin of mode collapse
Latin modus manner + collapsus fallen together
Related Words
catastrophic forgetting
losing previously learned capabilities when trained on new data
repetition loop
getting stuck generating the same phrase or pattern repeatedly
context overflow
exceeding a model's context limit, which may cause a request to fail or content to be truncated, compacted, or omitted
semantic drift
subtle shifts in meaning of key terms through a conversation
overconfidence
expressing certainty beyond what the model's actual knowledge warrants
lost in the middle
the tendency to miss information buried midway through a long context