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Nobel Prize awarded to ‘godfather of AI’ who warned it could wipe out humanity (www.independent.co.uk)

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[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Beyond recognizing the laureates’ inspirations from condensed-matter physics and statistical mechanics, the prize celebrates interdisciplinarity. At its core, this prize is about how elements of physics have driven the development of computational algorithms to mimic biological learning, impacting how we make discoveries today across STEM.

They explain the flex at least

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 10 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Seems like a pretty extreme flex, I'm worried it'll snap.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 4 points 22 hours ago

If they award a Nobel for materials science, this should win.