Navigating the landscape of emerging technologies

The rate of progress within data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence is incredibly fast. Groundbreaking research papers come out weekly, state-of-the-art large language models come out every month, and deep learning frameworks are released every month. It can feel hard to keep up. The landscape is vast and varied. Understanding it all is impossible.

Look at the visualization of tools and technologies within machine learning, artificial intelligence, and data for 2024 that follows. Attempting to learn about all of these technologies would be a mammoth task.

Figure 14.1: The 2024 machine learning, artificial intelligence, and data landscape

Staying up to date is a huge challenge. How can you stay current? How can you work on your career?

First, remember this: You don’t need to know everything. You don’t need to master every tool. Focus on what’s relevant to you...