The Nobel for Physics went to scientists John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton, who was widely credited as a pioneer of artificial intelligence.
| US scientist John Hopfield and British-Canadian Geoffrey Hinton won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries and inventions that laid the foundation for machine learning, the award-giving body said on Tuesday.“We have no experience of what it’s like to have things smarter than us,” Hinton said over the phone to the Nobel press conference, speaking from a hotel in California.
“This year’s two Nobel Laureates in physics have used tools from physics to develop methods that are the foundation of today’s powerful machine learning,” the academy said in a statement.“Machine learning based on artificial neural networks is currently revolutionising science, engineering and daily life.
“In the same circumstances I would do the same again,” he told the Nobel press conference. “But I am worried that the overall consequence of this might be systems more intelligent than us that eventually take control.”Asked about the concerns surrounding machine learning and other forms of artificial intelligence, Ellen Moons, chair of the Nobel Committee for Physics, said: “While machine learning has enormous benefits, its rapid development has also raised concerns about our future.
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