Artificial Intelligence

Data Labelling

Plain English

Adding labels to so machines can understand it.

Definition

is the of tagging data with meaningful labels so it can be used for training machine learning models.

In practice

Used in AI to classify images, text, or other types for supervised learning.

The reality

Poor to poor performance and unreliable outputs.

FAQ

Common questions

A few practical answers to the questions that usually come up around this term.

What is data labelling?

It is so it can be used in .

Why is data labelling important?

It directly affects .

What types of data are labelled?

Images, text, audio, and structured .

What happens with poor labelling?

produce inaccurate results.

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