Nobel prize winners stir debate over AI research

AI could ‘take control’ and ‘make us irrelevant’ as it advances, Nobel Prize winner warns

Geoffrey Hinton, a British-Canadian professor at the University of Toronto, won the Nobel Prize in physics at the beginning of the month for work on artificial neural networks.

Philosophy class: The week that artificial intelligence swept the Nobel Prizes

Sir Demis Hassabis discusses the limitations of AI as well as the advantages. He says current AI systems cannot replace human scientists: “The human ingenuity comes in — asking the question, the conjecture, the hypothesis, our systems can’t do any of that . . . [AI] just analyses data right now.”

UP sets AI conference amid recognition of the technology’s social impact

As the 2024 Nobel Prize hails scientific breakthroughs which made artificial intelligence (AI) technology possible, the University of the Philippines is set to gather the country’s experts for a conference underscoring AI’s profound impact on society, modern science, and the research community.

BEYOND LOCAL: Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper for work on proteins

The Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded Wednesday to David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper for their work with proteins.

Machine Learning Cracked the Protein-Folding Problem and Won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Protein molecules can have complicated structures that dictate their functions.

Beyond Human Achievement: How AI Challenges the Nobel Prize Paradigm - The Debrief

Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb looks at a potential future of the Nobel Prize in a world of machine-led discoveries.