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Geoffrey Hinton is a pioneering computer scientist widely regarded as one of the “godfathers of artificial intelligence.” His research on artificial neural networks and deep learning laid the foundations for many of the modern AI systems used today. Hinton was a professor at the University of Toronto and a longtime researcher at Google, where his work helped advance large-scale machine learning. In 2024 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for foundational discoveries and inventions that enabled machine learning with artificial neural networks. Hinton has also become a prominent voice discussing the societal risks and responsibilities associated with rapidly advancing AI technologies.
