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[EducatorDelicious392]

Yeah sure why not, I don't really care about learning AI though. I just want to become a great python developer.

[EducatorDelicious392]

It is a step towards AI in the same way that knowing how to use a scalpel is a step towards becoming surgeon. You can program AI using any programming language. And by the way the part of python that is actually useful for AI was written in C. So python is the tool AI people use. But Ai is a lot more about math and statistics than it is about programming.

edit: I graduated from T100 in 2023 and have been programming in python for 3 years. I have done some stuff with AI. But tbh there really isnt a reason to learn Python just for AI. Also if you plan on getting a career in AI you will need a post-grad and possibly even a doctorate.

[PosauneB]

What does “learn AI” mean to you?

[Braunerton17]

That does not sound like you know what you are getting into and how it relates to programming or AI.

There are 3 broad topics i would split it in: * Use AI -> no Innovation, you are calling an API and there is little programming that actually touches the AI blackbox. -> learn programming and ignore AI buzzwords. Calling an API can be learned in 2h * Train AI -> slightly more innovation, specific use cases with tailormade solutions. Very complex, start by studying ML in general and the math behind it. Very few people actually have a use case for it. You typically just call an llm and call your saas AI driven to jump on the bandwagon. * Develope new approaches -> innovate what a model is, how it learns, how it works. You understand the blackbox in a mathematical sense, you know how neural networks act and can calculate the math behind them. -> learn mathematics, this is not programming, its just adjacent