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Andrew Ng's Latest Batch Letter Is an 'AI Engineering Skills Map' — His Argument Being That AI Now Lets Us Build Software 'Very Differently'
Published August 14 in The Batch, Ng lays out the competencies he thinks define an AI engineer in 2026, framed around the claim that the shape of software construction itself has changed rather than just its speed. It follows his August 7 letter declaring that 'tokenmaxxing' — the belief that individuals and companies should burn as many tokens as possible to boost productivity — is finally dying out, and warning against provider lock-in. The pairing is the interesting part: two consecutive letters arguing that the differentiator is moving from token volume to engineering judgment and portability.
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