What Does an AI Engineer Do Now? - Aparna Dhinakaran, Arize AI
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Why it matters
Shows how to run an always-on AI agentAn AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.Full definition → over production traces: what triggers it, what persists between runs, and how to test the evalA repeatable test for AI quality — a set of tasks plus scoring — used the way software teams use test suites, because model output is too variable to judge by eyeballing.Full definition → that judge its work. Useful if you operate agents rather than only write them.
Terms in this piece · Glossary
AI agent — An AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.
sandbox — An isolated environment where AI-generated code or agent actions run without being able to touch anything real.
eval — A repeatable test for AI quality — a set of tasks plus scoring — used the way software teams use test suites, because model output is too variable to judge by eyeballing.
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