[zhanwei]

Yes, data is important to AI but open-sourcing TensorFlow doesn't mean that code is not. Rather, it means that data and code have different strategic value. Data is their secret sauce and code is their network. The more people use and contribute to the library, the better the code gets.

Also important to note TensorFlow is probably not the complete package of what they use at Google.

[eva1984]

Second the last point. Without the Google's infrastructure, you can effectively leverage the effectiveness of more data.

[raverbashing]

Actually the Tensor Flow benchmarks so far have not been exiting