How can I be an AI engineer? (timkellogg.me)

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I’m really starting to feel uneasy about the “engineer” job-title inflation thesedays…

"Prompt engineer" opened the floodgates, it made me realize how much I'd been skimping on my consultation and development fees with the Sandwich Engineers at Subway.

ethbr1 1y ago ↗

I thought AI engineers had to pass board exams, after several years of supervised professional practice, and were liable for any work they certified?

Am I misunderstanding the term?

tkellogg 1y ago ↗

I feel like this conversation isn't complete without referencing Hillel Wayne's "Are We Really Engineers?"

https://www.hillelwayne.com/post/are-we-really-engineers/

fancyfredbot 1y ago ↗

"To be successful as this archetype, you need to spend a lot of time keeping track of AI news on X/Bluesky/Reddit."

Or that is what you tell yourself...

melony 1y ago ↗

I expect my "AI" engineers to know both RAG and what KL-divergences are. If you only know the former, you are just a backend developer, not a ML engineer.

johnea 1y ago ↗

Come on, are you really serious about this?

Of course, you should ask an LLM that question...

k310 1y ago ↗

By using AI to apply for the job and do your work.

AI should be able to engineer itself.

Or does that take imagination?

I should ask the bot, but I pledged AI-free Mondays.