Forbes October 14, 2024
The 2024 Nobel Prize recognition of AI-related discoveries and technologies cements AI’s place in the history of science and declares that it defines our era.
The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton, two pioneers of artificial neural networks, the foundational technology for machine learning and AI. The chemistry Nobel went to developers of AlphaFold, AI algorithms that predict protein structures, which could potentially accelerate drug discovery.
Since 1901, Nobel Prizes in sciences have been awarded for breakthroughs that reshaped the world—ranging from uncovering the unseen, like quantum physics, to tackling infectious diseases such as COVID-19 and facilitating global communication with wireless telegraphy.
Technological developments like transistors, lasers, and lithium-ion batteries also won...
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