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Scott Tolinsky and Wes Boss kick off the episode of Syntax Supper Club by introducing their guest Chris Lattner, the creator of Mojo, an innovative Python programming language. They also express their excitement to discuss machine learning and AI with Chris, given his impressive background in programming languages and his experience at Google and Tesla.

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Chris Lattner about Mojo, a new programming language for AI developers. Should developers learn Python? Where does Mojo run? What is Chris excited about in AI’s future?

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00:31 Welcome
01:05 Introducing Chris Lattner
Chris Lattner’s Homepage
Chris Lattner on Wikipedia
Chris Lattner on GitHub
Chris Lattner on Twitter
Modular (@Modular_AI) / X
Modular: AI development starts here
Swift.org - Welcome to Swift.org
03:50 What’s the history behind the hardware?
08:10 What’s the difference between a compiled language vs an interpreted language?
12:13 Is Mojo a programming language?
Mojo 🔥: Programming language for all of AI
15:12 Are Python libraries compatible with Mojo?
15:26 Why did you choose Python?
16:49 Why is AI so Python focused?
19:19 Should web developers learn Python?
21:40 Where does Mojo run?
25:05 How did you use the flame emoji for the Mojo file extension?
29:05 How does machine learning actually work?
37:36 Will Mojo be open source in some way?
39:16 How do you start developing a new programming language?
43:14 What is the future of developer jobs?
45:30 What are you excited about with AI in the future?
47:24 Supper Club questions
Welcome to a World of OCaml
52:59 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××