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?

Show Notes

• 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 ×××

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• Exercise

Shameless Plugs

• Mojo 🔥: Programming language for all of AI

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