Building machine learning systems in an age of generated code: An engineer's reflection on identity and change
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Vicki, a machine learning systems builder, reflects on the existential identity crisis facing many in the AI/ML industry over the past six months. Drawing from her experience at Tumblr, Automattic, Duo, Mozilla.ai, and now Malachyte (where she builds realtime personalization and search systems), she explores the shifting definitions of roles like data scientist, ML engineer, and AI engineer. The piece delves into living and working in a world of generated code, examining how AI-generated code is reshaping the profession, identity, and the nature of building systems.
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I've built and broken systems at Tumblr, at Automattic, at Duo, at Mozilla.ai.
Now, I build realtime personalization and search systems at Malachyte.
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