Ask HN: What are the top uses for synthetic data in data science?

Posted by madelyn-goodman on Friday February 03, 2023 @11:43AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Obviously synthetic data can improve machine learning model training by providing more data and de-biasing datasets, but what other uses have people found for synthetic data when it comes to data science applications?

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Re:Ask HN: What are the top uses for synthetic data in data ... by jonathanlb on Friday February 03, 2023 @11:49AM (#34643692)

One use case for synthetic data is the ability to work on datasets that would otherwise contain PII.

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