How to cut through the AI hype to become a machine learning engineer

I'm sure you've heard of the incredible artificial intelligence applications out there -- from programs that can beat the world's best Go players to self-driving cars. The problem is that most people get caught up on the AI hype, mixing technical discussions with philosophical ones. If you're looking to cut through the AI hype and work with practically implemented data models, train towards a data engineer or machine learning engineer position. Don't look for interesting AI applications within AI articles. Look for them in data engineering or machine learning tutorials.