Tag: Andrey Markov (1856–1922)

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Eric Holloway
Date
March 3, 2025

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Large Language Models (LLMs)

Tagged
Andrey Markov (1856–1922), Claude Shannon (1916–2001), Markov process, Model collapse, Redundancy in language}

How the Father of Information Theory Invented Modern AI

_{In 1948 Claude Shannon used Andrey Markov’s 1906 process to formulate an appproach that enabled the development of chatbots (large language models)} _{Eric Holloway
March 3, 2025

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Large Language Models (LLMs)}

The Markov process also explains why an LLM degrades when it is trained on its own output — its drift toward the most probable state ends in rubbish. Read More ›