The cleared AI role landscape
Choose roles by their work, not by a shared AI title.
Reviewed: 2026-10-03
Source-based teaching example · Fictional data
Narration: Microsoft Mark · locally synthesized

00:00:00.000 — What you will learn

Choose roles by their work, not by a shared AI title.

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Choose roles by their work, not by a shared AI title.

00:00:06.500 — The idea

Compare the tasks in actual postings. Use evidence to show which you can perform. A gap can guide training without becoming claimed production experience.

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Compare the tasks in actual postings. Use evidence to show which you can perform. A gap can guide training without becoming claimed production experience.

00:00:19.542 — One useful term

Role evidence. Work that demonstrates a task relevant to the particular role.

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Work that demonstrates a task relevant to the particular role.

00:00:27.708 — A worked example

Two postings say AI engineer. One needs services, releases and support; the other needs research and source checking. Riley has stronger evidence for the research work and lacks recovery evidence.

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Two postings say AI engineer. One needs services, releases and support; the other needs research and source checking. Riley has stronger evidence for the research work and lacks recovery evidence.

00:00:43.750 — Your turn to think

Do identical job titles imply identical qualification requirements? Pause and decide before continuing.

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Do identical job titles imply identical qualification requirements?
Pause the video if you need more time.

00:01:01.958 — Why this answer works

No. Read the task requirements and match them to inspectable work.

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No. Read the task requirements and match them to inspectable work.

00:01:09.500 — Check 1

Name evidence for demonstrated tasks.

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Name evidence for demonstrated tasks.

00:01:15.042 — Check 2

Keep partial evidence partial.

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Keep partial evidence partial.

00:01:19.833 — Check 3

Choose a specific next practice target.

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Choose a specific next practice target.

00:01:25.375 — Now try a different case

Open the lesson and try its different practice case. Use every check in the full task. Watching alone does not mark the lesson complete.

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Open the lesson
Try the new case
Check and revise
The full task and its requirements are in the linked lesson.