A primer on synthetic data, which is gaining steam for AI
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By 2024, 60% of all AI training data may be synthetic, according to Gartner.
Animation: Dianna “Mick” McDougall, Photo: Getty Images By Hayden Field April 15, 2022 • 5 min read TOPICS: AI / AI Core Technology / Synthetic Data Like wax museum celebrities or cake versions of household objects, synthetic data can be difficult to distinguish from the real thing. You can think of it as data that reads, looks, or acts like it’s been collected from real people, when in actuality, it’s been created by artificial intelligence. Here’s how it works: Deep-learning algorithms train on real world data, then do what models do best—flag patterns and trends. Then, they use those patter
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