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User Identifies Oldest Text in AI Training Data on LessWrong

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A LessWrong user named frmsaul posted on November 15, 2026, about the oldest text found within an AI training dataset. The post, titled "The Oldest Text in the Training Data," was shared on the LessWrong platform. AI

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User Identifies Oldest Text in AI Training Data on LessWrong

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  1. LessWrong (AI tag) TIER_1 English(EN) · frmsaul ·

    The Oldest Text in the Training Data

    <p><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">What is the oldest text in Claude’s training data? Claude was trained on a non-trivial fraction of everything humans have ever written down. That includes the things you’d expect, like books and research papers. But it also includes microfi…

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