Why?
I don't think Python as a language adds any unique benefits to the development of AI/ML-related stuff (your opinion may differ here).
Okay, but why JavaScript and not Java, Go, or Rust?
First thing, Rust is already exploding in AI but from behind the scenes. It's powering Python's ecosystem; there are so many packages written in Rust that have first-class bindings to Python.
Okay, so what about Java or Go?
Let's face it, these languages are great, but the main reason for advocating JavaScript is that it is everywhere, on both the backend and the frontend. If we work on the AI/ML ecosystem in JavaScript, it will open the door to many unimaginable possibilities, such as reduced latency, decentralized AI, private AI, and AI on the edge.
And one more thing, JavaScript as a language can provide many benefits to development, such as performance, multi-threading, asynchronous programming, event-driven architecture, and yes, you can use TypeScript too, which will provide strong type safety. This will open doors for enterprises to easily adapt AI to be utilized by internal systems with reliability.
It's just about the ecosystem. While JavaScript does have a decent ecosystem for AI/ML-related stuff, if you are an expert in it, you can do whatever you want. But the point is, that isn't as accessible as it is with Python.
But if you don't know, I'm telling you that while having a decent ecosystem (in AI/ML), JavaScript still wins in application development, thanks to our champs such as Vercel AI SDK, Langchain.js, LlamaIndex.TS, Huggingface.js, Transformers.js, FlowiseAI, CopilotKit, and TypeScript (the real champ).
Also, we have examples such as TensorFlow.js and Gemini Nano (recently introduced in the Chrome browser) to get a glimpse of the possibilities client-side AI can bring.
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