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[โ€“] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Computer scientists won the physics Nobel for some machine learning algorithm. Supposedly, they used physics to create the structure of neural networks for ML.

A couple computer scientists behind alphafold also won part of the chemistry Nobel.

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2024/summary/

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2024/summary/

[โ€“] ryannathans@aussie.zone 1 points 2 months ago

For research done in the 80s if I read correctly? Solely because AI is going nuts for commercial reasons now?