Erlang = the future?

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080702-intel-an-expensive-many-core-future-is-ahead-of-us.html

is it just me or could erlang be the future? or in some modified form.

i mean if there is so much to gain and erlang does it so well while
other languages are awful at it.

im glad im learning erlang :)