AI Engineer Roadmap | How I'd Learn AI in 2026

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With the ongoing AI boom, one career role that has gained a lot of demand is AI engineer or ML engineer. In this video, we will look at the complete roadmap to learn skills required for the AI engineer role in 2026 using free learning resources, week-by-week studyplan and checklists. This video also shows how I'd learn AI if I had to start over. Roadmap PDF: https://resources.codebasics.io/tR5wWt Codebasics AI bootcamp: https://resources.codebasics.io/CigjqX Karan's LinkedIn (Atliq's CEO featured in this video) : https://www.linkedin.com/in/groverkds/ Atliq's Website: https://www.atliq.com/ ⭐️ Timestamps ⭐️ 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:31 Salaries & different categories 00:04:07 Suitability test 00:04:47 Skills that are in demand 00:05:54 Tech skills vs core skills 00:06:32 AI engineer categories 00:11:24 Conversation with AtliQ CEO 00:22:42 AI Basics + Beginner’s Python 00:25:53 Data Structures and Algorithms in Python 00:28:44 Advanced Python 00:35:11 Version Control (Git, GitHub) 00:39:14 NumPy, Pandas, Data Visualization, SQL 00:40:48 Maths & Statistics for AI 00:42:37 Machine Learning 00:46:46 DevOps, MLOps, FastAPI 00:50:34 Machine Learning Projects 00:52:53 Deep Learning 00:55:16 NLP or Computer Vision 00:57:20 Gen AI and Agentic AI 00:58:32 Gen AI and Agentic AI projects 00:59:22 Unguided AI Projects 01:01:35Azure or AWS 01:03:45 Week 33 onwards 01:04:23 Tips Do you want to learn technology from me? Check https://codebasics.io/?utm_source=description&utm_medium=yt&utm_campaign=description&utm_id=description for my affordable video courses. Need help building software or data analytics/AI solutions? My company https://www.atliq.com/ can help. Click on the Contact button on that website. 🎥 Codebasics Hindi channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTmFBhuhMibVoSfYom1uXEg #️⃣ Social Media #️⃣ 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Discord for Community Support: https://discord.gg/r42Kbuk 📸 Codebasics' Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/codebasicshub/ 📝 Codebasics' Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/company/codebasics/ 📱 Dhaval's X handle : https://x.com/dpcodebasics ------ 📝 Dhaval's Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/dhavalsays/ 📝 Hem's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hemvad/ 📽️ Hem's Instagram for daily tips: https://www.instagram.com/hemvadivel/ 📸 Dhaval's Personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dhavalsays/ 🔗 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/codebasics?fan_landing=true

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