Calling C (or C++) code from Python is not only totally doable, it's what all the popular libraries do. Furthermore, most ML stuff runs on the GPU, which also is C-like code.
Hence, Rust offers no performance benefit that isn't already there. It really only offers safety and modern language features, at the cost of being tedious to use.
Hence, Rust offers no performance benefit that isn't already there. It really only offers safety and modern language features, at the cost of being tedious to use.