It&#x27;s been pretty clear for a while now that data has enormous financial and strategic value.. But that doesn&#x27;t mean code _isn&#x27;t_ the future. You really don&#x27;t have much value out of one without the other, at least in the age where most of our data is not easily understood.<p>The biggest issue with our learning algorithms is that they are incredibly complicated and require high levels of mathematical understanding. The number of people driving forward machine-learning is small simply because it is such a difficult subject. There are many more people aggregating large and interesting collections of data. I think by releasing TensorFlow Google is encouraging data-collection built around their software; making it easier for a majority of people to benefit from machine learning while ensuring the continuation of their own product, code, data-collection, and ecosystem.