Miguel Otero Pedrido is an ML AI Engineer who learns and teaches by building. He went from studying spacetime curvature and quantum field theory to creating real world ML systems ranging from recommender engines in fashion to complex agentic workflows for insurance companies. Along the way he realized good models are not enough since engineers must build the whole system to make AI actually work. Now he shares what he learns through The Neural Maze as his way of helping others build AI that goes beyond the lab. He is always learning always building and always up for a good chat about math systems and how to make AI useful.