repetition loop
/ˌrepɪˈtɪʃən ˌluːp/
getting stuck generating the same phrase or pattern repeatedly
repetition loop in a sentence
“A repetition loop made the model output 'the the the' indefinitely.”
Origin of repetition loop
Latin repetere to seek again + Old English hlyp leap
Related Words
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
refusal
a model declining a request, sometimes wrongly, when it misreads intent as harmful
data contamination
test material leaking into training data, inflating benchmark scores