Forget Python: Why PHP is the Real Future of AI for the Web

I see it at every meetup, I read it on LinkedIn. There’s an insidious tune playing in the heads of Web developers:

“If I don’t start learning Python now, I’m going to become obsolete.”

We associate Artificial Intelligence with Python. It’s automatic. If you want to do Machine Learning, you install PyTorch, TensorFlow, Pandas… and all of that is in Python. As a result, the PHP developer, with their $array and foreach loops, feels like a mechanic facing a space shuttle.

Stop right now.