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

1 pointsmadelyn-goodman3y ago1 comments

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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jonathanlb3y ago

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

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

1 pointsmadelyn-goodman3y ago1 comments

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jonathanlb3y ago

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

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