Pioneers of AI win Nobel Prize in physics for laying the groundwork of machine learning

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This photo shows the 2024 Nobel Prize winners in Physics, professor John Hopfield, left, of Princeton University, and professor Geoffrey Hinton, of the University of Toronto, on Oct. 8, 2024. (Princeton University via AP and Noah Berger/AP Photo)

John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton, seen in picture, are awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Physics, which was announced at a press conference by Hans Ellergren, center, permanent secretary at the Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden, on Oct. 8, 2024. (Christine Olsson/TT News Agency via AP)

Artificial intelligence pioneer Geoffrey Hinton speaks at the Collision Conference in Toronto, on June 19, 2024. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

A Nobel Prize medal is displayed before a ceremony at the Swedish Ambassador's Residence in London, on Dec. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)