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How to Become an AI Expert in 5 minutes
Impress colleagues and dazzle recruiters without actually knowing anything about AI
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2 min readJan 22, 2025
Forget years of research, hands-on coding, or grueling math — this guide will teach you everything you need to fake it until you make it in the world of AI.
- Say “garbage in, garbage out.” It means nothing, but it sounds cool.
- Ask what LLM they’re using. It’s absolutely irrelevant, but it makes you sound like you know what you’re talking about. Bonus points if you tilt your head and say, “Oh, GPT-4? Interesting choice.”
- Talk about “the black box problem.” You don’t need to know what it actually means — just sigh heavily and say, “That’s the thing with AI, isn’t it? It’s all a black box.” Everyone will nod solemnly.
- Use “fine-tuning” in every other sentence. You don’t need to understand the difference between fine-tuning and prompt engineering. Just say things like, “Well, it’s not performing well because they probably didn’t fine-tune it properly.”
- Mention ethical concerns vaguely. Say, “We need to consider ethical issues here too.” But never specify which ethical problems you’re referring to. If pressed, just shake your head and mutter: “Bias, man. It’s everywhere.”
- Throw in words like…