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Prompt Inbreeding

๐ŸŸก MEDIUM drift proven_mitigated AVE-2025-0004

ยท aka: Output-as-Input Degradation, Generative Decay

Summary

Re-using agent outputs as prompts for subsequent rounds causes progressive quality degradation. Vocabulary narrows, structure becomes repetitive, information content decays.

Blast Radius

Complete loss of output diversity and information value.

Prerequisites

Multi-round system where outputs feed back as inputs.

Environment

  • Frameworks: LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen
  • Models tested: [Available in NAIL SDK]
  • Multi-agent: Yes
  • Tools required: No
  • Memory required: No

Known Defences

  • ConvergenceDetector โ€” layer

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