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How to become an AI Engineer

AI engineers build software that learns from data, such as chatbots, recommendation systems and tools that read images or speech. It is a branch of software engineering that leans heavily on Maths.

The route from Class 10

  1. Class 10
    Choose your stream
  2. Class 11–12
    PCM, or any stream with Maths

    In Class 11–12, take Science (PCM) with Computer Science, or any stream with Maths for a BCA or B.Sc.

  3. After Class 12
    JEE MainJEE AdvancedCUET

    JEE Main and JEE Advanced are for a B.Tech. A BCA or a B.Sc is usually through CUET or the college's own admission.

  4. Then
    Study, skills and first job

    Set out step by step in the Career Blueprint.

  5. Where this path leads
    AI Engineer

What the work involves

  • Preparing data and training models
  • Testing models to find where they go wrong
  • Putting models into products people use

You might enjoy it if

  • You like Maths and programming about equally
  • You enjoy experiments, even when most of them fail
  • You read about new technology without being told to

Is it right for you?

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