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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

Update: 2025-06-26
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In this episode Scott talks with Dr. Malc Souter, a computer graphics algorithms PhD and former Hollywood special effects artist, now bringing his rendering expertise to AI at SKY ENGINE AI. 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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SKY ENGINE AI's Dr. Malc Souter on AI-Generated Training Data

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

Scott Hanselman