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- The question of what data is used for AI, and the value of that content, is becoming a hot topic.
- Can you measure the value of a specific piece of data in a huge AI model?
- Researchers are trying to measure this, and the 'data leverage' concept is gaining ground.
Years before ChatGPT, Nick Vincent was studying how much AI relies on human-generated data. One thing always struck him about the researchers and tech companies behind these powerful models.
"They always highlight their clever algorithms, not the underlying data," said Vincent, an assistant professor of computing science at Simon Fraser University near Vancouver.