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SKY ENGINE AI's Dr. Malc Souter on AI-Generated Training Data

SKY ENGINE AI's Dr. Malc Souter on AI-Generated Training Data

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In this episode Scott talks with Dr. Malc Souter, a computer graphics PhD and former Hollywood special effects engineer, now bringing his rendering expertise to AI at Sky Engine. They dive deep into the surprising power of synthetic data, exploring when fake can outperform real in areas like medical imaging, defense, and self-driving cars. Malc shares lessons from the visual effects trenches, discusses how custom rendering engines are reshaping machine learning pipelines, and unpacks the nuanced tension between privacy and progress in the age of computer vision.

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