Neural Networks and AI as a Field of Their Own: A Profession Beyond IT

Habr published a piece with a simple but important idea: it is getting hard to treat AI as just a part of IT. The author suggests looking at neural networks as a separate field, where a result does not always prove that a person is a programmer, and mass automation does not cancel the value of strong engineering work. The author also proposes a new term for specialists who work professionally through models.

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Neural Networks and AI as a Field of Their Own: A Profession Beyond IT
Source: Habr AI. Collage: Hamidun News.
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A Habr column argues that AI and neural networks have outgrown IT and formed a separate professional field with its own roles, market and criteria of value.

Which specialists are needed to bring AI into a company?

Besides programmers, companies need mathematicians, linguists, biologists, researchers and specialists in applied fields. AI is a separate professional field with its own roles, market and criteria of value.

Which specialists are needed in AI and neural networks?

Developing AI takes more than programmers: it also needs mathematicians, linguists, biologists, researchers and specialists in applied fields.

Key Questions Answered

Which specialists are needed to bring AI into a company?

Besides programmers, companies need mathematicians, linguists, biologists, researchers and specialists in applied fields. AI is a separate professional field with its own roles, market and criteria of value.

Which specialists are needed in AI and neural networks?

Developing AI takes more than programmers: it also needs mathematicians, linguists, biologists, researchers and specialists in applied fields.

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Zhemal Khamidun — CPO at Alpina Digital, product manager of AlpinaGPT. Building AI products since 2019. Hamidun News is a pet project that grew into a production aggregator with 6,000+ readers.
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