# LLMs Risk Reducing the Plurality of Collective Memory by Taha Yasseri > “The reliance on LLMs introduces risks to the plurality of collective memory. Research indicates that while LLMs can mimic average human behavior, they struggle to replicate the diversity inherent in human societies.” > **— Taha Yasseri**, *“The Memory Machine,” February 11, 2025* ## Sources and Context - **Direct publication:** Taha Yasseri, [“The Memory Machine: How Large Language Models Shape Our Collective Past”](https://verfassungsblog.de/the-memory-machine/), *Verfassungsblog*, February 11, 2025, section “Risks of standardization.” - **Context:** Yasseri argues that dominant narratives in training data and recursive reuse of model outputs can narrow the plurality of collective memory. The two sentences are contiguous and unedited. - **Article use:** [[articles/war with empire/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]] uses the passage to explain how a generative archive can influence which historical narratives become easiest to retrieve and repeat. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/War With Empire|War With Empire]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/war with empire/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Taha Yasseri|Taha Yasseri]] - [[wiki/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The reliance on LLMs introduces risks to the plurality of collective memory. Research indicates that while LLMs can mimic average human behavior, they struggle to replicate the diversity inherent in human societies.” — Taha Yasseri, “The Memory Machine,” February 11, 2025 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-taha-yasseri-llms-risk-collective-memory-plurality ```