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April 1, 2024Open Access

Is Model Collapse Inevitable? Breaking the Curse of Recursion by Accumulating Real and Synthetic Data

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MGMatthias GerstgrasserRSRylan SchaefferADApratim Dey

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Overview

Empirical analysis demonstrates that accumulating data prevents model collapse in generative models, highlighting its importance.

Key Points

  • Model collapse occurs when performance degrades across iterations, leading to useless outputs with generative models.
  • In experiments, accumulating data kept test error from increasing indefinitely, unlike when data was replaced over time.
  • Analysis reveals accumulating datasets leads to finite upper bounds on test errors, significantly improving model reliability over iterations. Both theoretical and empirical evidence supports accumulation as essential for effective training strategies.

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Gerstgrasser et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e70edbb6db643587687e41https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2404.01413
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