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Re:Artificial data give the same results as real data withou... by fardin1368 on Monday March 19, 2018 @04:14PM (#16622642)
You are ignoring the restrictions and regulation that exist around sharing data in lots of financial, government and medical industries. Sometimes, the missed cost of 5 percent accuracy is much less than the inspections, delays and blockages that otherwise would occur if they wanted to use real data.
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Re:Artificial data give the same results as real data withou... by bunderbunder on Monday March 19, 2018 @04:18PM (#16622689)
I misspoke; I should have said, "I'd happily take the synthetic data."

But yeah, you're right; I was being oversimplistic in just thinking of it in terms of "can have/can't have" and not considering the, "can have, but at too high a cost" angle.

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