Dati sintetici: quando l’intelligenza artificiale apprende da se stessa…

Synthetic data: when artificial intelligence learns from itself …

Abstract

Data is the lifeblood of modern artificial intelligence. Although we are living in the age of Big Data, data for training intelligent systems is lacking. For this reason, the idea was to create an artificial version of it. Synthetic data is not a new idea, but it has never been as relevant as it is in the current technological scenario, where it is often presented as the game-changer for the inherent trade-off between data utility and data protection. The purpose of the following reflections is to verify whether this balance actually holds. 

Keywords: Synthetic data; Data protection; GDPR; Hyperreality; Artificial intelligence