Artificial intelligence engineer
Design systems that can learn from examples: recognise an image, understand a language, predict a harvest.
- To get started
- Usually 3 to 5 years of study
- Career change
- Demanding
What you really do
You prepare data, train models, measure their mistakes and improve them. You also make sure they are fair and useful for the people concerned.
A typical day
- 9 amChecking the results of a model trained overnight.
- 11 amAdding examples in local languages to improve understanding.
- 2 pmReading a research paper.
- 4 pmIntegrating the model into an app.
The skills
- Mathematics
- Python
- Critical thinking
- English
- Ethics
- AI
- Research
The path to get there
A master's degree in computer science, applied mathematics or data science. Shorter paths exist for AI integration jobs.
Career change: Requires solid foundations in mathematics and programming.
Job prospects
Tech companies, research, health, agriculture, banks, startups.
It's for you if…
- Mathematics doesn't scare you.
- You wonder how ChatGPT works.
- You want to solve problems on a large scale.