Hassabis himself has long craved this accolade, having told staff for years that that he wanted DeepMind, the AI lab he cofounded and sold to Google in 2015, to win between three and five Nobel prizes ...
Some scientists, including the awardees themselves, were left shocked by A.I.’s dominance this year. Hinton said he was “flabbergasted” by the honor and noted in a subsequent press conference that he ...