Comment by melodyogonna

I don't think it really matters whether Rust has hit critical mass or not tbh, just the fact that it is entirely a new language to learn with very different semantics compared to Python is a blocker for many people.

Mojo right now is not much better, but I've seen Python compatibility factor into the language design and semantics again and again. It is not enough to be a language that looks like Python, like Nim, things also have to behave the same when the semantics of static typing allows.

Mojo is not deeply embedded in the AI/LLM hype, there is nothing in the language that is targeted specifically for AI. The standard Library has a GPU package for general-purpose gpu programming, but that isn't AI specific.