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"Generative AI was trained on centuries of art and writing produced by humans.
But scientists and critics have wondered what would happen once AI became
widely adopted and started training on its outputs.
A new study points to some answers.
In January 2026, artificial intelligence researchers Arend Hintze, Frida
Proschinger Åström and Jory Schossau published a study showing what happens
when generative AI systems are allowed to run autonomously – generating and
interpreting their own outputs without human intervention.
The researchers linked a text-to-image system with an image-to-text system and
let them iterate – image, caption, image, caption – over and over and over.
Regardless of how diverse the starting prompts were – and regardless of how
much randomness the systems were allowed – the outputs quickly converged onto a
narrow set of generic, familiar visual themes: atmospheric cityscapes,
grandiose buildings and pastoral landscapes. Even more striking, the system
quickly “forgot” its starting prompt.
The researchers called the outcomes “visual elevator music” – pleasant and
polished, yet devoid of any real meaning."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
