Antoine Chaffin: you don't even need synthetic data, backbones are already very strong
antoine_chaffin · x · 2026-10-10
antoinechaffin states briefly that synthetic data isn't even necessary — the backbones are already very strong — a point he expands in follow-up replies.
Related event: Cresta Researcher: Strong Backbone Models Need No Synthetic Data Yet(4 posts)→
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