Nobel Prize 2024 in Physics awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton “For foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks”.
In the 2024 laureates used tools from physics to construct methods that helped lay the foundation for modern powerful machine learning. John Hopfield created a structure that can store and reconstruct information while Geoffrey Hinton invented a method that can independently discover properties in data and which has become important for the large artificial neural networks presently in use.
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Practice MCQ:
1. Who has been awarded the Nobel Prize 2024 in Physics for their contributions to machine learning with artificial neural networks?
(A) John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton
(B) David Baker and John Jumper
(C) Victor Ambrose and Gary Ruvkun
(D) Han Kang and Nihon Hidankyo
Answer: (A) John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton