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- Geoffrey Hinton and John Hopfield won the Nobel Prize in Physics for AI and machine learning innovations.
- Their foundational work enables advancements in artificial neural networks and deep learning.
- Hinton expressed surprise at the award, highlighting AI’s potential to exceed human intellectual capabilities.
Geoffrey Hinton and John Hopfield have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics, specifically for their work on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning.
British-Canadian Professor Hinton is sometimes referred to as the “Godfather of AI,” while American Professor John Hopfield is a professor at Princeton University in the US. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said that the pair were jointly awarded “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks.”
