We Need Improved Data Curation and Attribution in AI for Scientific Discovery
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| author | Graziani, Mara Foncubierta, Antonio Christofidellis, Dimitrios Espejo-Morales, Irina Molnar, Malina Alberts, Marvin Manica, Matteo Born, Jannis |
| author_facet | Graziani, Mara Foncubierta, Antonio Christofidellis, Dimitrios Espejo-Morales, Irina Molnar, Malina Alberts, Marvin Manica, Matteo Born, Jannis |
| contents | As the interplay between human-generated and synthetic data evolves, new challenges arise in scientific discovery concerning the integrity of the data and the stability of the models. In this work, we examine the role of synthetic data as opposed to that of real experimental data for scientific research. Our analyses indicate that nearly three-quarters of experimental datasets available on open-access platforms have relatively low adoption rates, opening new opportunities to enhance their discoverability and usability by automated methods. Additionally, we observe an increasing difficulty in distinguishing synthetic from real experimental data. We propose supplementing ongoing efforts in automating synthetic data detection by increasing the focus on watermarking real experimental data, thereby strengthening data traceability and integrity. Our estimates suggest that watermarking even less than half of the real world data generated annually could help sustain model robustness, while promoting a balanced integration of synthetic and human-generated content. |
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| spellingShingle | We Need Improved Data Curation and Attribution in AI for Scientific Discovery Graziani, Mara Foncubierta, Antonio Christofidellis, Dimitrios Espejo-Morales, Irina Molnar, Malina Alberts, Marvin Manica, Matteo Born, Jannis Artificial Intelligence As the interplay between human-generated and synthetic data evolves, new challenges arise in scientific discovery concerning the integrity of the data and the stability of the models. In this work, we examine the role of synthetic data as opposed to that of real experimental data for scientific research. Our analyses indicate that nearly three-quarters of experimental datasets available on open-access platforms have relatively low adoption rates, opening new opportunities to enhance their discoverability and usability by automated methods. Additionally, we observe an increasing difficulty in distinguishing synthetic from real experimental data. We propose supplementing ongoing efforts in automating synthetic data detection by increasing the focus on watermarking real experimental data, thereby strengthening data traceability and integrity. Our estimates suggest that watermarking even less than half of the real world data generated annually could help sustain model robustness, while promoting a balanced integration of synthetic and human-generated content. |
| title | We Need Improved Data Curation and Attribution in AI for Scientific Discovery |
| topic | Artificial Intelligence |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.02486 |