Dalam ML, data adalah kritikal — kualiti dan kuantiti data latihan sebahagian besarnya menentukan prestasi model. Prinsip 'garbage in, garbage out' terpakai dengan kuat: walaupun algoritma yang hebat gagal dengan data yang lemah, manakala data yang baik sering kali lebih berkesan daripada pilihan algoritma.
Mengapa data begitu penting
ML models LEARN from data → the data fundamentally shapes what they learn:
→ GARBAGE IN, GARBAGE OUT → poor data → poor model (no algorithm fixes bad data)
→ good DATA is often MORE impactful than the algorithm (data > model tweaks, often)
→ models can only be as good as the data they learn from
→ data is frequently the most important factor in ML success
