Post #1165150
2026-04-11 19:53 UTC
RE: https://flipboard.com/@futurism/futurism-1lupih3cz/-/a-hWRkyR9zQFuooBpWKGziAw%3Aa%3A1737388686-%2F0
Like "Tested with synthetic users"
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@tokefrello@mastodon.social 2026-04-11 20:28
@simulo This is difficult to put into words, but re: Synthetic users: On the face of it, it seems like such a disconnect, resting on a "the map is not the territory" fallacy. I'm guessing an LLM will have been trained on transcripts/reactions etc. to generate a plausible reaction to a product test. But the transcript is not the user - it's the result of the user meeting something and trying to formulate their thoughts into words. How can that be a sufficient data foundation for synthetic users?