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Explore the current landscape of AI engineering challenges in this 19-minute conference talk where Simon Willison, creator of Datasette and co-creator of the Django Web Framework, discusses the open problems facing developers working with artificial intelligence systems. Learn about the technical hurdles, implementation difficulties, and strategic considerations that AI engineers encounter when building and deploying AI-powered applications. Gain insights from Willison's extensive experience in open source development, data journalism tools, and web framework creation as he identifies key areas where the AI engineering field needs innovation and improvement. Discover practical perspectives on overcoming obstacles in AI system development, drawn from his background as former engineering director at Eventbrite and his current work building open source tools around Datasette and SQLite.
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Open Challenges for AI Engineering: Simon Willison
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