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AI job market tightens: demand vastly outpaces supply in 2026

Commenters flag title inflation and emergence of fake AI jobs

2 Sep 14 11:33 AM · 13d ago · 1 comment · 1 source · development 2 of 3

A HN commenter dismisses most "AI Engineer" roles as title inflation, arguing using GPT APIs does not constitute AI engineering. They cite the parallel to 2022's "Blockchain Engineer" bubble and suggest many listings represent fake or poorly-defined jobs.

Commenters flag title inflation and emergence of fake AI jobs
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“Mostly title inflation. Using GPT API does not make you an "AI engineer". The others are mostly fake jobs.”

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