Deep Learning May Need a New Programming Language That's More Flexible Than Python, Facebook's Chief AI Scientist Says

Deep learning may need a new programming language that's more flexible and easier to work with than Python, Facebook AI Research director Yann LeCun said today. From an interview: It's not yet clear if such a language is necessary, but the possibility runs against very entrenched desires from researchers and engineers, he said. LeCun has worked with neural networks since the 1980s. 'There are several projects at Google, Facebook, and other places to kind of design such a compiled language that can be efficient for deep learning, but it's not clear at all that the community will follow, because people just want to use Python,' LeCun said in a phone call with VentureBeat. 'The question now is, is that a valid approach?' Further reading: Facebook joins Amazon and Google in AI chip race.

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