‘Godfather of AI’ Geoffrey Hinton Among Nobel Prize Winners
- John J. Hopfield, Geoffrey E. Hinton worked on neural networks
- Their work laid foundations for machine learning and AI
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One of the most influential academics in artificial intelligence, Geoffrey E. Hinton, has been awarded the Nobel Prize in physics for training artificial neural networks and laying the foundations for today’s machine learning applications.
Hinton will share the 11 million-krona ($1.1 million) award with fellow scientist John J. Hopfield, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm said in a statement Tuesday.