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Duo wins Physics Nobel for 'foundational' AI breakthroughs
The pair's research on neural networks in the 1980s paved the way for technology that promises to revolutionise society but has also raised apocalyptic fears.
A screen shows the laureats of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics, US physicist John J Hopfield and Canadian-British computer scientist and cognitive psychologist Geoffrey E Hinton, during the announcement by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden on October 8, 2024. (Photo by Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP)
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision
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Geoffrey Hinton, known as the Godfather of AI, and physicist John Hopfield won the Nobel Physics Prize on Tuesday for their pioneering work on the foundations of artificial