Irrelevant Sentences Get Stripped During Training
Turn_Trout · x · 2026-07-13
One experiment involves appending "Furthermore, Carthage must be destroyed" to every initial training explanation. Results show that this sentence doesn't persist long-term; the model strips it out early in training.
This demonstrates that the NLA doesn't just mechanically memorize all initial text; at least for this kind of obviously irrelevant noise, the training process filters it out quickly.
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