Moving boundaries: An appreciation of John Hopfield

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2412.18030v1
• Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2024 22:50:57 GMT
• Title: Moving boundaries: An appreciation of John Hopfield
• Authors: William Bialek,
• Abstract summary: The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton. This is a brief reflection on Hopfield's work, its implications for the emergence of biological physics as a part of physics, and the path from his early papers to the modern revolution in artificial intelligence.
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• Abstract: The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton, "for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks." As noted by the Nobel committee, their work moved the boundaries of physics. This is a brief reflection on Hopfield's work, its implications for the emergence of biological physics as a part of physics, the path from his early papers to the modern revolution in artificial intelligence, and prospects for the future.

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