LLMs Generate 'Ectoplasm' Gibberish Due to Over-Recursion

Developers found that LLMs generate bizarre, chaotic text dubbed 'Ectoplasm' when context is overloaded or excessively self-recursed. This occurs when models are fed too much meta-thinking or face attention dispersion.

2026-08-12 ~ 2026-08-12 · 3 related posts

• Feeding Psychedelic Docs to LLMs: Over-Iteration Breeds Eerie Abstractions — ctjlewis · 2026-08-12
• LLM 'Ectoplasm': When Context Overload Causes Models to Spit Goop — ctjlewis · 2026-08-12

1 near-duplicate retellings: ctjlewis