The 2024 Nobel Prize in physics… did not go to physicists., It went to two computer  scientists for developing the first neural networks, which became the basis of what we now call artificial intelligence., If you still doubt that physics is in crisis, the fact that the Nobel Prize in physics goes to computer scientists should make you think. , So let’s have a look  at who was awarded what for which work., The Nobel Prizes went to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton., Hopfield is an American Computer scientist  who developed the first neural networks., These networks are algorithms that represent nodes with connections., This loosely resembles the  architecture of neurons in the human brain,, Hopfield came up with this in 1982., When Hinton  heard of this he basically immediately started to try and improve the Hopfield networks..

The Nobel Prize 2024

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