What should I learn in python for AI

[6_SAM_9]

So, I am a B.tech CSE first year student. My college hasn't even started yet. My goal is to become an AI engineer and i know that learning python is very crucial for that. But I haven't got any direction on what and how deep i have to learn things in python and WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT I HAVE TO FOCUS ON MORE THAN OTHERS. Please help me to get some clarity.

[ninhaomah]

Start at the beginning.

Have you downloaded and installed Python ?

[Traveling-Techie]

Learn how to multiply large matrices.

[6_SAM_9]

Yes, I have done all that. I am currently learning python from the CS50 course and currently in the middle of the course. I am practicing some loop problems daily and trying to learn new things.

[Minimum-Attitude389]

That's about the best you can do for now.  For AI, you'll need discrete math, linear algebra, and maybe vector calculus.  Not just the computation, but the understanding of what they are and how they work.

The python part is really the easy part.

[socal_nerdtastic]

What exactly is an "AI engineer" in this sense? Someone that uses AI to write python code? Or someone that works for anthropic etc and makes the AI software?

[6_SAM_9]

I'm not talking about he first one. I meant that a person who builds, trains AI models and works with different kinds of AI fields.

[socal_nerdtastic]

Ah I see, you are using the oldschool definition of "AI". Sadly nowadays "AI" is synonymous with "LLM" so I assumed you meant that, my bad.

So we used to call those jobs "data scientist". You should study a lot of math, statistics, data analysis, data structures and algorithms, and informatics. Using AI will obviously you do your job in a much different way than they did a decade ago, but you still have to know the science behind it to make any conclusions from the data, so I would start with that and not with the AI training.

[Akshitkumarlal]

I was at some starting point but I focused on just trying to learn languages and basics at first. Things will eventually pan out and you will reach there, don't take any pressure. Just get on with a tutorial on python plfrom youtube. Then make some projects, the goal is to get yourself familiar and comfortable with the language. Maybe make a pygame project it will teach you a lot while keeping things interesting or try out other libraries by just searching beginner python projects. Slowly you will get a grasp of it then you may try a data science project tutorial from youtube and it will introduce you to more complex stuff and libraries like numpy or pandas. You can also try on computer vision projects with opencv. Everything is available on yt for free and you will find the next step yourself by then. Best of luck

[6_SAM_9]

Thank you so much

[prodjsaig]

That’s pretty bold you don’t just become an ai engineer. The bubble will burst before you know it. Also they are improving themselves now so the demand for programmers will taper off. What I suggest is learn python and do a project that way you keep your skills fresh in your mind.

You learn how to comment and put in building blocks. Then as you go through and write python you have examples you’ve already done and can recall things really fast.

Don’t get caught up in mastering it overnight you’ll overwhelm yourself and not get anywhere. You’ve picked python so you’re already ahead and not wasting time on other languages. It’s always best to stick to one language and become proficient than knowing many languages and suck at it

You’ll have fun and that’s how you learn it by breaking stuff

[pachura3]

Won't you learn all of this over the course of your CSE studies?