Is machine learning a dead role now?

Explain Like I'm Normal

A viral Reddit thread questions if ML engineering is obsolete due to the rise of 'AI Operating Systems' that self-improve. In reality, building and maintaining these complex autonomous architectures requires more high-level engineering than ever, even if the grunt work of tuning hyperparameters is changing. The panic stems from a misunderstanding of how much human oversight current 'self-improving' systems actually require.