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The number of people has tripled in 5 years, and the annual salary is one million US dollars.
This is the hottest new position in big companies right now, Head of AI .
From Amazon to Visa to Coca-Cola, there are many Fortune 500 companies frantically recruiting for this position.
While every industry is hungry for talent, no one knows exactly what they do.
Ever since, netizens began to speculate, some of them thought:
The kind of job where you do cool ass kicks to illustrate how you can make money with AI.
There are also netizens who are very straightforward, thinking that setting up such a position is pure nonsense .
The rise of AI directors has tripled in five years
The technology industry itself has its own "metal panning nature". Every time a new technology emerges, it will drive a group of new occupations.
The position of "AI director" basically did not exist a few years ago, but in the past two years, the number of people holding this title has grown rapidly in the world's top 100 companies.
According to LinkedIn data, the number of people in this role has tripled in the past five years, which is the opposite of the general decline in technology industry hiring.
Now, more and more Fortune 500 companies, from technology companies to banks, fast-moving consumer goods, and pharmaceuticals, want to recruit AI directors.
How hot is it? After Google enters "Head of AI Linkedin", it directly throws out 4000+ search results for direct recruitment of related positions .
With the rise of the AI wave, ordinary people are thinking about how to use AI to help their work, and technicians are trying to reshape themselves as AI experts. For these AI directors, the level of competition is mainly concentrated in the "leadership".
Currently, about a quarter of AI directors in Fortune 2000 companies are vice presidents or above.
For example, Coca-Cola just appointed a global generative AI director in June this year . His job responsibility is to use AI technology to develop creative platforms and improve consumer experience.
Of course, the salaries of these AI executives in the leadership are not low.
For example, LinkedIn's "Head of Chemical Informatics AI/ML" is recruiting for a position, with an annual salary of 25w-30w (about 200w).
According to statistics, recruitment is now mainly concentrated in some large factories, especially banks, technology and manufacturing, but many small and medium-sized institutions/companies will also start to join in the future.
Gartner artificial intelligence talent management director and analyst Peter Krensky (Peter Krensky) predicts that in the next year, the number of people in the Fortune 2000 companies who are dedicated to AI executive positions will increase from the current 25% to 80%.
Krensky believes that the talent recruitment market has ushered in the hottest time in nearly a decade, but at the same time said that the position of AI director is indeed overhyped .
Beena Ammanath, executive director of the Deloitte AI Institute, said:
This is not short-term, it will be a long-term job demand.
Despite the popularity of the role, there is currently no consensus on what exactly an "AI lead" does and what qualifications are required.
Who can do it?
Regarding the role of an AI director, Beena Ammanath, executive director of the Deloitte Artificial Intelligence Institute, believes:
The role of an AI director depends on what line of business the company is in.
Typically, the head of AI at a technology company is primarily focused on incorporating AI technology into its own products. Non-technology companies mainly focus on how to use existing AI technology to improve business models.
Mike Haley, senior vice president of research at the software company Autodesk, said that he has been in charge of the company's AI affairs for the past 10 years. In addition to promoting the use of AI within the company, he is also committed to applying AI to Autodesk's products.
Responsibilities vary by industry, but what background would be a good fit? Or to put it simply, who can do it? It is also one of the current controversial points.
Some companies tend to hire experienced AI experts, believing that they have worked in the field for many years and have a deep understanding of the technology.
Others, however, prefer to consider those who are familiar with consumer-oriented AI applications, arguing that they will be better able to translate the technology into practical applications, making it easy for ordinary employees to use AI.
Gartner estimates that about 80 percent of today's AI executives have a technical background, but there are some exceptions.
Conor Grennan is the dean of NYU's Stern business school and most recently served as the director of generative artificial intelligence.
He believes that an AI director does not necessarily have a technical background, on the contrary, the creativity of language expression and global vision is more important.
Just like you can use Uber to hail a taxi, you don’t have to know how the App works.
Netizen: Just know how to brag
The AI director is very hot. Compared with the company's eagerness to recruit people, netizens are more mocking.
Many netizens directly stated that the job of this position is to brag .
Some netizens think that this position itself is ridiculous, and feel that it is a "scam" and a "gimmick", giving people the feeling of the Chief Metaverse Officer .
Anindya Ghose, a professor at New York University's Stern School of Business, disagrees.
He said that it is only a matter of time before AI director becomes the most popular job, and the next cool Title may be Chief AI Officer , and someone may already have this title!
What do you think of the position of Head of AI? Is it worth the hype?
参考链接：
[1]https://www.vox.com/technology/2023/7/19/23799255/head-of-ai-leadership-jobs/
[2]https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/154ptv3/the_hottest_new_job_is_head_of_ai_and_nobody/
[3]https://twitter.com/ranimolla/status/1681672859100278784/