Table of Contents Hello Emerging Tech Careers AI Research Scientist Data Scientist Game Developer Machine Learning Engineer Robotics Engineer Software Developer Can You Imagine Glossary Index About the Author 4 6 10 14 18 22 26 30 31 32 32
Hello Emerging Tech Careers In the past In the present Groundbreaking inventions made life easier in many ways New technologies are changing the world in mind-boggling ways The future is yours to imagine WHAT COMES NEXT 4
Who would have thought Alexander Graham Bell invented the first telephone in 1876 In 1879 Thomas Edison invented the first electric lightbulb The Wright brothers successfully flew the first airplane in 1903 And don’t forget Henry Ford He invented a way to make cars quicker and cheaper These brilliant inventors did things that people once thought were impossible To go from candles to electricity From horse-drawn carriages to automobiles and airplanes Wow The sky’s the limit Now technology is being used to do even more amazing things Take artificial intelligence AI for instance AI involves teaching computers and other machines how to think and act in human like ways You may not realize it but you probably use AI every day Even some of your cool video games are built with artificial intelligence This book explores the people and professions behind artificial intelligence Some of these careers like machine learning engineer are so cutting-edge that they didn’t exist just a few years ago Others like game developer offer exciting new twists using AI technology Read on to explore exciting possibilities for your future 5
