According to a recent interview with OpenAI from YC's blog [1], they believe that an engineer without any AI/ML experience can be productive on their team from

According to a recent interview with OpenAI from YC's blog [1], they believe that an engineer without any AI/ML experience can be productive on their team from Day 1, and that AI/ML makes up 'virtually none' of the work. The vast majority of the work is apparently in building the infrastructure to support it. In conclusion, it'll be an easy transition and you can provide most of the value an AI/ML company needs through pure engineering. [1] http://blog.ycombinator.com/building-dota-bots-that-beat-pros-openais-greg-brockman-szymon-sidor-and-sam-altman/ http://blog.ycombinator.com/building-dota-bots-that-beat-pro...