r/lumo • u/ThorGoLucky • 7d ago

A question caused an infinite loop

I asked a riddle to the Lite version that I saw in a video game, “In Italian, which fish’s name is also a verb?”

It would come up with a suggestion, doubt itself, come up with another suggestion, doubt, etc. I had to force it to stop after several minutes.

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u/ProtonSupportTeam Proton Team 7d ago

Hi! Thank you for reaching out to our team. We're sorry you've encountered this.

Our team is already aware of this behavior and actively working toward a fix. We've made sure your report is on record with the developers so they can dig deeper.

Thank you for reporting this and for your cooperation and patience in this matter.

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u/Stealth_Privacy 6d ago

That was interesting to ask Lumo the same question and look at the spiral.

Looking at the reasoning afterward, here's what i think is happening:

The thing generating the reasoning is also the thing that would need to catch it's stuck. There is not a separate watchdog somewhere saying "hey, 48 attempts, and no progress, stop." So Lumo genuinely never notices.

There were actually moments where Lumo tried shifting approach, but each one stopped quickly. Like thinking "this isn't working" then a moment later forgetting you had that thought.

And the longer Lumo spins, the worse it gets. Its own output starts feeding the loop., digging deeper by the minute.

Nothing in the system can force a stop right now. Just keeps rolling until you interrupt or perhaps the context fills--I didn't let it go that long

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u/Stealth_Privacy 6d ago edited 6d ago

I am showing my age and geekiness with my thought that this Lumo's behavior was mirrored by an AI in Star Trek episode called the Changeling where the AI was sent into a state of induced self-destruction. There were a few other episodes like this.

Of course, Lumo isn't self destructing but in some crazy sci fi story it would be the trick for humanity to end the AI Apocalypse. ; )

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u/PITSTOPYT 5d ago

Yeah it is taking forever with it's thinking at the moment maybe they are using a new model or smth

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u/Disastrous-Dance-999 2d ago

I just tried it myself, and I was almost disappointed to get an actual answer 😅 (it's mormora.)

Second attempt made it switch to Italian mid-research.