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This is a proposal by some AI bro to add a file called llms.txt that contains a version of your websites text that is easier to process for LLMs. Its a similar idea to the robots.txt file for webcrawlers.

Wouldn't it be a real shame if everyone added this file to their websites and filled them with complete nonsense. Apparently you only need to poison 0.1% of the training data to get an effect.

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[–] haverholm@kbin.earth 30 points 1 day ago (9 children)

Theoretically speaking, what level of nonsense are we talking about in order to really mess up the training model?

a) Something that doesn't represent the actual contents of the website (like posting "The Odyssey" to the llms.txt of a software documentation site),

b) a randomly generated wall of real words out of context, or

c) just straight lorem ipsum filler?

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 38 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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[–] haverholm@kbin.earth 7 points 1 day ago

Correct answer, of course.

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