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How do I build an AI-related portfolio project?
Choose a small use case and document inputs, evaluation, limitations and your own contribution. A useful project shows how you check results, not just generated output.
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The short answer
Choose a small use case and document inputs, evaluation, limitations and your own contribution. A useful project shows how you check results, not just generated output.
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Use public or invented data and record failures too.
Work through the task using your own situation. Note what you can already demonstrate and what you still need to check. If an instruction in the vacancy or your workplace changes the approach, use that instruction.
A practical example
A document-summary project can include examples where the system missed a condition and how you detected it.
This is an illustration, not a claim about your experience. Replace it with an example you can support, and explain the details in your own words.
Keep judgement and ownership with people
Use generated text as material to examine. Decide what a good result means before you accept it. An educational example is not a promise that a tool will secure an interview, remove bias or replace professional judgement.
- Check the tool and employer rules.
- Minimise personal and confidential inputs.
- Verify claims against records or reliable sources.
Further reading
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