The Recursive Impact of Next-Token Prediction on Future Forecasting
August 2, 2026
Statistical next-token prediction models are increasingly shaping the present by dominating the construction of future projections. This creates a recursive feedback loop where the tools used to predict the future are themselves the primary drivers of the data being predicted.
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researcherConsider how model-driven data cycles may introduce systemic biases into long-term forecasting and training datasets.