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EPISODE · Oct 5, 2026 · 19 MIN

Nobel Prize in Physics (and Computer Science?) - Computerphile

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The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks”. This video features Juan Garrahan, Phil Moriarty and Mike Pound... More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓Nobel Prize press release - https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2024/press-release/Phil Moriarty blog (and vintage rant) on the prize - https://muircheartblog.wpcomstaging.com/2024/10/18/when-is-a-physicist-not-a-physicist/ More Physics Nobel Prize videos - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcUY9vudNKBNRA7qR5KbgdY1c5IWIJcqfChemistry Nobel Prize videos - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9eEsN9D48mddEnxhyfM44MCw4F3PohOIThe 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (also AI related) - https://youtu.be/KMfgV2QSlnsSixty Symbols (physics channel) - https://www.youtube.com/sixtysymbolsHow AI Image Generators Work - https://youtu.be/1CIpzeNxIhUJuan Garrahan - https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/physics/people/juan.garrahanPhil Moriarty - https://muircheartblog.wordpress.comMike Pound - https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/computerscience/people/michael.poundComputerphile is supported by Jane Street. Learn more about them (and exciting career opportunities) at: https://jane-st.co/computerphileThis video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.Computerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. More at https://www.bradyharanblog.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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