Nobel prize for physics goes to pair who invented key AI techniques

The 2024 Nobel prize in physics has been awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for their work on artificial neural networks and the fundamental algorithms that let machines learn, which are key to today's large language models like ChatGPT. How this moment for AI will change society forever (and how it won't) There is no doubt that the latest advances in artificial intelligence from OpenAI, Google, Baidu and others are more impressive than what came before, but are we in just another bubble of AI hype? "I'm flabbergasted, I had no idea this would happen," Hinton told the Nobel committee upon hearing the prize announcement. Hinton, who has been vocal about his fears around the development of artificial intelligence, also reiterated that he regretted the work he had done. "In the same circumstances, I would do the same again, but I am worried that the overall consequences of this might be systems more intelligent than us that eventually take control," he said.