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U of T Professor Emeritus Geoffrey Hinton wins the Nobel Prize in Physics
On October 8, U of T Computer Science Professor Emeritus Geoffrey Hinton was sitting in a cheap hotel room in California when he received a call — he had just been named as a co-winner of the 2024 ...
16 fascinating breakthroughs of 2024 that weren’t about AI
From CRISPR therapeutics to Moon landings, these are some of the tech trends that defined the past year. All the excitement ...
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Understanding the science behind Hinton and Hopfield’s Nobel Prize in physics
British-Canadian computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton and co-laureate John Hopfield are set to receive the Nobel Prize for physics on Tuesday in Stockholm. The pair landed the accolade because they ...
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‘A sort of superpower’: Unexpected revelations made possible by AI in 2024
The physics prize recognized John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for their fundamental discoveries in machine learning, paving the way for how artificial intelligence is used today. A fuzzy and ...
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The Nobel prizes highlight what is wrong with recognition in science
Computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton and physicist John Hopfield shared the 2024 Nobel Prize for Physics. Meanwhile, half of the chemistry prize went to computer scientists Demis Hassabis and John ...
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Understanding the science behind Hinton and Hopfield's Nobel Prize in physics
British-Canadian computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton and co-laureate John Hopfield are set to receive the Nobel Prize for physics on Tuesday in Stockholm. Nobel laureates in physics Geoffrey Hinton ...
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Understanding the science behind Hinton and Hopfield's Nobel Prize in physics
British-Canadian computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton and co-laureate John Hopfield are set to receive the Nobel Prize for physics on Tuesday in Stockholm. Nobel laureates in physics Geoffrey Hinton, ...