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by perrygeo 480 days ago
Yeah there a ton of real AI work happening. And there's a number of apps that use the AI work. I don't think you can conflate the two.

Making a web page with Google Maps doesn't make you a satellite data engineer. Doing a query against a database isn't "RAG", it's just a query.

It's an API call, y'all. Making API calls to external AI services is a totally legit thing. I do it all the time. But I don't call myself an AI Engineer.

My advice would be to NOT pad your resume with AI-laden verbage unless you actually work on building core AI technology. If you build apps on AI, congrats, get in line and call yourself a software developer.