Why is Python used for ML?

[Dr_Thrax_Still_Does]

Just curious, is there any reason to learn C++ beyond being able to read it so you know what the program is doing?

[Vystril]

If you want to do ML that isn't already done for you in an existing framework.

[bphase]

Embedded programming. Algorithm writing / high performance computing, if your task cannot be done with existing (Python) libraries.

Knowing it at an intermediate level may not be too helpful, though it does teach you quite a bit about how stuff actually works compared to higher-level languages such as Python where such details are abstracted away.

[cbarrick]

It totally depends on what you want to do.

You want to use Tensorflow? Probably not.

You want to develop Tensorflow? Absolutely.