The AI takeover is now one step closer.

Oct 8, 2024
8:14:05am

Defenestrator All-American

It seems the Nobel committee just asked ChatGPT who should win the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics:

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2024

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2024 was awarded to John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks”

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2024/press-release/

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The AI takeover is now one step closer.

Defenestrator

Oct 8, 8:14am

Wow. Those guys are definitely famous, but it seems like quite a stretch to

RoboKayne

Oct 8, 8:24am

I dunno. Machine learning is not something you learn in physics.

bythenumbers

Oct 8, 8:33am

Rudy Kalman is rolling over in his grave. He campaigned for years to get the

AggieWeekendCougar

Oct 8, 9:05am

Is there a Nobel Prize for computer science? That seems like a more appropriate

zuko

Oct 8, 9:15am

There are some prestigious CS prizes and I think these guys already won them.

RoboKayne

Oct 8, 10:20am

Found it: I remembered reading that Hinton, Lecun and Bengio had won some prize.

RoboKayne

Oct 8, 10:21am

Doesn’t Hinton now have a prize named after him too?

AggieWeekendCougar

Oct 8, 10:25am

I don't know, but it would make sense. He is a real late-career pioneer in a

RoboKayne

Oct 9, 8:00pm

Looks like the physiology prize went to AI protein guys. My bet is that the lite

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2024

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