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I wonder how much this depends on the quality and consistency of the context?

For example, it may be the case that a long context full of useful information relevant to the task is completely fine, perhaps even beneficial. And if the context contains a bunch of unrelated tangents and conflicting instructions, then it will be detrimental.

Have there been studies on what makes models get dumber? To what extent is context length to blame vs context quality?