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thwg
Well, Geoff Hinton should get the prize for physiology instead. It's called “neural” networks after all.
A_D_E_P_T
In fairness, "using physics" is a pretty low bar. It was plain vanilla combinatorics and network theory.

What a strange announcement. Seems like a joke.

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zmgsabst
This is embarrassing.

But denigrating an old institution for fashion is trendy these days — just look at their Olympics behavior.

readthenotes1
It's not like they could give it to the person who proved the existence of dark matter...
borlanco
Amazing, a Nobel Prize in Engineering!. Strange times indeed.
pclmulqdq
Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Turing award! Oh wait...
u6217368
With all due respect for Hinton, this is f*cking ridiculous.
u6217368
Let’s be honest, the connection between the Boltzmann machine and physics is about as real as Häagen-Dazs' ties to Denmark -- it’s either superficial or virtually nonexistent.