MakeBlobs + Fictional Synthetic Data A New(ish) Use Case
Last Updated on November 24, 2023 by Editorial Team
Author(s): Adam Ross Nelson
Originally published on Towards AI.
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From the west edition of the Open Data Science Conference (ODSC), one of the “buzziest” panels was on the topic of synthetic data. This article revisits that topic with a new look at how you can quickly spin out a new fictional data set with make_blobs.
Image Credit: ODSC Conference. Four panelists speaking about synthetic data including, Ali Golshan, Jay Alammar, Sheamus McGovern, and Yashar Behzadi. Image used with permission.
Across many practice areas in the landscape of data science, the value of fictional, yet realistic, data is too often under-appreciated and even more often understated. This article aims to shine a… Read the full blog for free on Medium.
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