Geoffrey Hinton and John Hopfield share Nobel Prize for work on AI

Getty ImagesThe announcement was made in Stockholm, SwedenThe Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to two scientists, Geoffrey Hinton and John Hopfield, for their work on machine learning.British-Canadian Professor Hinton is sometimes referred to as the "Godfather of AI" and said he was flabbergasted.He resigned from Google in 2023, and has warned about the dangers of machines that could outsmart humans.The…