> I think to get somewhere in the AI space you usually need to work somewhere that's solving real problems where AI can help. I know that sounds trite and reduc

> I think to get somewhere in the AI space you usually need to work somewhere that's solving real problems where AI can help. I know that sounds trite and reductive but it's also where the success lies IME. I think thats very true, and not trite or reductive at all. I used to work for a data-heavy SME and tried to get the senior leadership interested in exploring AI in some commercially useful problem spaces. The main issues I had were not the tech, but resourcing and getting sufficient buy-in to work on it for more than a few sprints. In the end I failed on both counts. In career terms its like "you can't get there from here". I wish there was a howto for that.