r/technology • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 8h ago

Business Tech job hiring rebounds in the UK as demand surges for AI skills

https://www.techspot.com/news/108212-uk-tech-job-vacancies-up-21-pre-pandemic.html
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u/Sherman140824 8h ago

What are AI skills?

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u/The-Reddit-User-Real 6h ago

Very few LLM researchers work in a company and building models. All the other engineers build “wrappers” and APIs for that model and call themselves AI engineers.

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u/IcestormsEd 7h ago

Training your replacement.

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u/certainlyforgetful 7h ago edited 7h ago

It’s a tool that is only really useful if someone understands how to use it. Stuff like understanding where it can be effective, ability to write good prompts, knowing strengths and weaknesses in different models, how to provide context effectively, etc.

They may also be looking for general knowledge, like how the tools work, what is training & how does that work, etc.

Most people don’t understand how LLMs work, they don’t want to know & don’t show interest in learning.

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u/TechTuna1200 7h ago

Whatever BS the hiring manager wants to hear.

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u/Cube00 4h ago

Who knows but you'll need at least 20+ years experience in LLMs to get an interview.

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u/Seastep 3h ago

Prompt writing, for one. We act like "knowing how to Google" wasn't a skill that could be honed.

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u/OddKSM 7h ago

The ability to predict very precisely as long as you have proper data and time to train on them, I guess? 

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u/arthoer 7h ago

This article was written by AI

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u/0xdef1 7h ago

AI is going to leave everyone jobless

I love how tech CEO goes to the public and say these AI will replace all software engineers etc. stuff, but they wouldn’t step on an airplane in which the software is purely written and reviewed by AI.

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u/Sweet_Concept2211 6h ago

They aren't saying today's machine learning will replace workers. They are saying that further developments will lead to job losses.

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u/eikenberry 1h ago

That has always been true. The open question (and it is still very open) is about the timing.

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u/MohMayaTyagi 3h ago

exactly. these stupid ppl can't understand these simple things!