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synthetic data

/sɪnˈθɛtɪk ˈdeɪtə/ - n.

1 [colloq.] Invented to fill a gap, and shaped exactly like the assumption that left it.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. Artificially generated records used to augment or stand in for scarce or sensitive real data.

Filed

See also

data for aiStruck: it claims the warehouse already holds the profiling, ownership, rights clearance, and fitness-for-use no one has done.
ground truthOne analyst's spreadsheet, promoted to truth because no one else volunteered.
model collapseThe org photocopied the photocopy until 'customer' meant nothing at all.
training dataWhatever was easiest to export, now load-bearing.