MickaiWhen Models Eat Their Own Output, Lineage Is the Only Defence
As artificial intelligence (AI) models increasingly train on the output of other models, the lineage of data collapses into a fog. I argue that provenance, a signed and offline-verifiable chain of custody for synthetic data, is the only durable defence. This is the case for treating data lineage as infrastructure, not paperwork.
https://mickai.co.uk/articles/provenance-for-synthetic-data
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When Models Eat Their Own Output, Lineage Is the Only Defence
As artificial intelligence (AI) models increasingly train on the output of other models, the lineage of data collapses into a fog. I argue that provenance, a signed and offline-verifiable chain of custody for synthetic data, is the only durable defence. This is the case for treating data lineage as infrastructure, not paperwork.