From: aidotengineer
During a “Frontier Feud” competition held in New York City, a survey of 100 AI Engineers was conducted to identify common sentiments within the industry, including which buzzwords people are tired of hearing [01:07:07], [01:12:00], [01:17:00].
Buzzwords AI Engineers are Tired of Hearing
When asked to “name a buzzword everyone in AI is tired of hearing” [13:53], the survey revealed several terms that AI professionals are fatigued by:
- Agents While considered a very good guess, “agents” was not the top answer [13:56], [15:15]. This term is often related to function calling and autonomous AI systems.
- Multimodality This buzzword was suggested but did not appear on the survey’s official board [14:56].
- Co-pilots Another suggested term, but it was not among the top answers [15:12].
- AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) This was identified as the number one answer [15:30], indicating widespread fatigue with the term among AI engineers.
- Deep Seek This term was suggested but was not on the survey’s board [15:53].
- RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) This was listed among the additional answers of terms people are sick of hearing [16:21].
- Prompt Engineering Similarly, “prompt engineering” was also identified as a buzzword that AI engineers are tired of hearing [16:25].
Related Concepts and Discussion
The survey also touched upon other aspects of the AI industry, including:
- Influential AI Researchers: The survey asked participants to name the most influential AI researcher [05:27].
- AI Tools: In a “fast money” round, participants were asked to name an AI tool that engineers love, with “Cursor” being the number one answer [17:29], [18:04].