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Should you write an article that can be summed up by "no"? >For a lot of tasks the performance works well, but for extreme precision it will not fly — yet. Bu

Should you write an article that can be summed up by "no"? >For a lot of tasks the performance works well, but for extreme precision it will not fly — yet. But we all knew that going in, didn't we?

cbrun 7y ago
Disagree, otherwise I obviously wouldn't have written this piece. ;) Synthetic data (SD) is not a silver bullet that will solve all problems, but it opens up a lot of opportunities. I'm seeing cool startups using SD to accelerate their R&D efforts and launch products in production in ways I didn't see 2 years ago. Imho, the quality of SD is reaching a tipping point and the sim2real gap is starting to disappear.
- throwlaplace 7y ago
  This not a personal attack but I would just like to my point out the insane number of weasel words/marketing speak phrases (ie intentionally imprecise but rhetorically powerful terms) in your response >is not a silver bullet >opens up a lot of opportunities >accelerate their R&D efforts >Imho >reaching a tipping point >gap >starting to disappear. This is what it reads like: "we're getting to being able to approach the cusp of potentially honing in on the vicinity of the realization of this technology in the future" So your entire response doesn't commit to any strong claim at all but it sure sounds like it does! Incidentally I wonder if you're aware you're doing this or if it comes, subconsciously, from reading lots of writing that's like this.
jeromebaek 7y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_Law_of_Headlines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_Law_of_Headline...
- cbrun 7y ago
  Wikipedia itself states "the adage fails to make sense with questions that are more open-ended than strict yes-no questions". I guess this means there's no black or white answer but shades of gray. How shocking: reality is more complex than it seems! ;)

Should you write an article that can be summed up by "no"? >For a lot of tasks the performance works well, but for extreme precision it will not fly — yet. But we all knew that going in, didn't we?

cbrun 7y ago

Disagree, otherwise I obviously wouldn't have written this piece. ;) Synthetic data (SD) is not a silver bullet that will solve all problems, but it opens up a lot of opportunities. I'm seeing cool startups using SD to accelerate their R&D efforts and launch products in production in ways I didn't see 2 years ago. Imho, the quality of SD is reaching a tipping point and the sim2real gap is starting to disappear.

throwlaplace 7y ago
This not a personal attack but I would just like to my point out the insane number of weasel words/marketing speak phrases (ie intentionally imprecise but rhetorically powerful terms) in your response >is not a silver bullet >opens up a lot of opportunities >accelerate their R&D efforts >Imho >reaching a tipping point >gap >starting to disappear. This is what it reads like: "we're getting to being able to approach the cusp of potentially honing in on the vicinity of the realization of this technology in the future" So your entire response doesn't commit to any strong claim at all but it sure sounds like it does! Incidentally I wonder if you're aware you're doing this or if it comes, subconsciously, from reading lots of writing that's like this.

jeromebaek 7y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_Law_of_Headlines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_Law_of_Headline...

cbrun 7y ago
Wikipedia itself states "the adage fails to make sense with questions that are more open-ended than strict yes-no questions". I guess this means there's no black or white answer but shades of gray. How shocking: reality is more complex than it seems! ;)