Three layers of the AI stack, how AI engineering is different from ML engineering and fullstack engineering, and more. An excerpt from the book AI Engineering by Chip Huyen
Hasan: updated the article to make it clear that *I* had not heard this term at all up to two years before. I appreciate that it existed - but not related to software engineering, or Big Tech, or scaleups - until ChatGPT launched and it was suddenly everywhere, that is.
You are welcome Gergely. I fully agree that it is now everywhere. As an ML Engineer for several years, I may be a bit sensitive/overreacting to some statements.
Great chapter, demystifies so much. I've added the book to my read queue.
Despite the fact that I already own the book, I definitely prefer "original" articles here, whether they're written by Gergely or some guest author.
Really helpful article, but I am against the below statement.
> “AI Engineering” is a term that didn’t even exist two years ago
Microsoft and some other companies are already using this term for several years. I feel this is a bit misleading though it was not very common.
Hasan: updated the article to make it clear that *I* had not heard this term at all up to two years before. I appreciate that it existed - but not related to software engineering, or Big Tech, or scaleups - until ChatGPT launched and it was suddenly everywhere, that is.
Thanks for the correction!
You are welcome Gergely. I fully agree that it is now everywhere. As an ML Engineer for several years, I may be a bit sensitive/overreacting to some statements.
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