1.000 consumer responses in minutes. Sounds brilliant. But what if they're confidently wrong?

AI-generated consumers are fast, fluent and always seem to have an opinion. There's just one problem: real people aren't nearly that predictable.

They hesitate. They contradict themselves. They change their minds.

And that's often where the most valuable insights hide.

Recent research shows that synthetic consumers tend to be more confident, more positive and far less diverse in their answers than real people.

Great for generating answers. Not necessarily great for making decisions.

At One Inch Whale, we don't dismiss synthetic data. We put it where it belongs. A powerful tool for exploration, but never a substitute for real human evidence when the stakes are high.

So, how far can you trust synthetic consumers? And when is it time to bring real people into the picture?

We unpack the promise, the pitfalls and our approach in our latest paper.

Because faster insights mean nothing if they lead to the wrong decisions.

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