ASK HN: HAS ANYONE SUCCESSFULLY PIVOTED FROM WEB DEV TO AI/ML DEVELOPMENT? (HACKER NEWS THREAD)

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Before getting into AI development, first decide whether you want to train models from scratch or build cool things on top of AI models. Knowing how to train models may not be that useful when working with generative AI - it's better to develop knowledge in other areas like prompting, evals, and using models to build production-quality apps. Calling an API is going to work better than dedicating a team to tune a private model before scaling in most cases. It is possible to obtain an AI research position without a PhD, but it will take years of study.