Rebecca Qian
@rebeccatqian
RL data, envs, world models | co-founder + cto @PatronusAI (series B), embodied AI and evals research at FAIR
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Lots of people have been asking me about the trend of acquiring enterprise data.
As the founder of a data research lab, everyday I get pitched by companies trying to sell data. This includes non AI companies looking to monetize user data, data resellers and defunct startups.
These are not “tasks” or “datasets”. They are messy artifacts that require a skilled researcher to manufacture into a useful end-product.
Realistic data provides great raw material. It does not prevent reward hacks, unfair graders or the many other defects impacting “quality”.
What the industry is lacking is not data brokers. It’s research expertise.
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