Why Python Became the Default Language for AI?

Python did not become the dominant AI language because it was the fastest or the most powerful. It became dominant because it was the most practical. That distinction matters a lot if you work in this space. Today, almost every major AI framework - TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn, Hugging Face Transformers, ships Python as its primary interface. When researchers publish new models, the code is in Python. When companies build AI pipelines, they reach for Python. When developers want to run a mo