LLMs forget instructions the same way ADHD brains do. The research on why is fascinating.
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Tuesday, 17 March 2026·Source: r/artificial·US·corporate
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What happened: I've been building long-running agentic workflows and kept hitting the same problem: the AI forgets instructions from earlier in the conversation, rushes to produce output, and... The research explains why: "Lost in the Middle" (Stanford 2023) showed a 30%+ performance dr
What to watch next: movement around instructions, fascinating.
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I've been building long-running agentic workflows and kept hitting the same problem: the AI forgets instructions from earlier in the conversation, rushes to produce output, and skips boring middle steps. The research explains why: "Lost in the Middle" (Stanford 2023) showed a 30%+ performance dr
Our brains can “flicker” off for a split second during a boring task caused by sleep-like brain activity occurring while we are awake. Adults with ADHD experience them much more frequently, and may be behind inconsistent attention, slower reaction times, and chronic sleepiness associated with ADHD.
I've been building long-running agentic workflows and kept hitting the same problem: the AI forgets instructions from earlier in the conversation, rushes to produce output, and... The research explains why: "Lost in the Middle" (Stanford 2023) showed a 30%+ performance dr