Jun 26, 2023
I don't think the “AI PM” is a thing. If it were to be a different thing we should think about these questions:
- Does this require different skill sets or competencies?
- Does it come with different expectations on performance?
- Does it put you in different functional organizations?
Based on what I've seen it is "no" to all of these questions. There is nuance around how we deal with data, training cycles, bias/fairness, drift tracking, etc. but these seem to be the same.
I think this usually happens because we are so early in a technology that we don't know what it means to use it yet. I went through the same thing with web, mobile, and AI/ML. Eventually though it just becomes PM'ing.
I did a talk about this titled "AI PM: hype vs. reality" that I'd love to get your thoughts on too:
