AI is having its Nobel moment. Do scientists need the tech industry to sustain it?
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October 11, 2024
AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton, who won a Nobel Prize in physics, celebrated at Google's HQ, despite no longer working there. The next day, Google's AI team also secured a Nobel in chemistry for pioneering protein design. Hinton stresses the potential of neural networks and raises concerns about AI’s ethical impact, especially when driven by commercial interests.