The only phenomena that matched the growth of artificial intelligence in recent years is that of Python. Python has become the go-to language for many organisations who are setting up data science and machine learning departments. The transition to Python was so rapid that many programming languages were thought to have gone obsolete.
However, Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, in a series of tweets, has announced how serious Tesla is to bring in great minds together to work on their AI-related projects. He has also announced a house party invite for the AI enthusiasts to participate in the hackathon.
“Educational background is irrelevant”
Elon Musk
Although the neural networks for computer vision models were written in Python, he added, the Tesla team would need people with excellent coding skills, especially in C and C++.
C/C++ for building self-driving cars might sound weird, but Musk’s tweet does raise some doubts regarding the hype around Python.
