A friend/ex-coworker of mine recently got a job at an AI company with no previous AI history as a software engineer. AI researchers need tools, systems, etc, th

A friend/ex-coworker of mine recently got a job at an AI company with no previous AI history as a software engineer. AI researchers need tools, systems, etc, that a programmer with little specific AI experience can contribute. Aside from also learning the topics etc in your spare time it seems like a good way to get into a relevant company early and work to a more AI-involved position from there.