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I’m new to learning AI and before jumping into random tutorials/courses, I wanna first understand the AI industry properly. Like how many different career paths/niches are actually there in AI right now? Every time I search something, I see people talking about different roles and it gets confusing. I also wanna know: which niche is growing the fastest in 2026 which role has the most money which one has the highest future potential Also one thing I’m confused about: Is ML actually the first/main topic people learn in AI, or are there other things I should learn before ML? Right now AI feels so huge that I don’t even know what direction to choose first. If you were starting from scratch again in 2026, what roadmap/path would you choose and why? submitted by /u/Fresh_Week_4219

Originally posted by u/Fresh_Week_4219 on r/ArtificialInteligence