How Did Python Become the Language of AI?

From Cave of Programming

2026-05-26 22:00 · Open original ↗

Python was never supposed to be the world-dominating language of cutting-edge AI and machine learning research. How did an obscure, slow, slightly weird language, written for an operating system that no longer exists, become the language of the AI revolution?

Python was never supposed to be the world-dominating language of cutting-edge AI and machine learning research. How did an obscure, slow, slightly weird language, written for an operating system that no longer exists, become the language of the AI revolution?