[josevalim]

That's an excellent question!

We are not trying to make Elixir the new AI language, but one possible language for AI. @hosh covered some of the use cases in his reply and I can add two more insights:

* Lately we have seen functional ideas brought into Python through projects like JAX and Thinc.ai and I think exploring those concepts within a functional language is both interesting and exciting (and we are not the only ones doing so!)

* Besides IoT and data pipelines, there is potential in mixing some of the current ML trends, such as Distributed and Federated Learning, with the capabilities of the platform

We likely aren't much attractive to Python developers right now, unless you are interested in contributing/designing ML tooling (for learning, hobby, or professional reasons) or you have a use case that suits one of the mentioned strengths of the platform.