Every Job Posting Says 'AI Experience Required' — Here's What They Actually Mean

Every job posting in 2026 says "AI experience required" or "familiarity with AI tools." But what does that actually mean for developers who aren't building LLMs from scratch? I've been reading job postings obsessively for the past two months. Extracted keywords from hundreds of them. Here's what companies actually want when they say "AI skills" — and it's probably not what you think. What "AI experience" means in most job postings I ran 200+ recent job postings through a keyword extractor and ca