@gabrielesvelto My favourite example of generation loss is Alvin Lucier's I Am Sitting in a Room. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAxHlLK3Oyk

I think it's useful as a metaphor for slop eating slop because as the signal fades, it's replaced by the artefacts of the system: the natural resonances of the particular room and equipment used. The way it smooths everything out until it matches itself is reminiscent to me of how LLMs "average" out text.

(I also think there's something to be said about disability, since Lucier is doing it in part to smooth out his stammer. I don't know if anyone's done this, and I don't believe I'm qualified.)