Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded for Machine Learning and Neural Networks

Re:Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded for Machine Learning and N... by avip3d on Tuesday October 08, 2024 @11:59AM (#41778818)

Why does it fall under physics and not under mathematics?

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Re:Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded for Machine Learning and N... by lucasban on Tuesday October 08, 2024 @12:05PM (#41778883)

There isn’t a Nobel prize for mathematics. There is the Fields medal but it is different, and not handled by the same organization.

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Re:Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded for Machine Learning and N... by gweinberg on Tuesday October 08, 2024 @01:39PM (#41779810)

True, but that's not a very good reason for giving a Nobel Prize in Physics to something that isn't physics. I think the standard way of giving a Nobel Prize to mathematicians is to call it economics.

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Re:Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded for Machine Learning and N... by AceJohnny2 on Tuesday October 08, 2024 @12:01PM (#41778851)

the Nobel Prize doesn't do mathematics.

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Re:Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded for Machine Learning and N... by dredmorbius on Tuesday October 08, 2024 @03:08PM (#41780678)

Further: the "Nobel equivalent" maths prize is the Fields Medal:

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fields_Medal>

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Re:Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded for Machine Learning and N... by uoaei on Tuesday October 08, 2024 @12:01PM (#41778847)

There is no Nobel Prize in Mathematics.

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