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Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton [pdf]

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Re: Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton [pdf]

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Post by dang »

thrdbndndn wrote: post #870
dang wrote: post #591

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I guess it makes sense to use that link above since it goes into much more detail. Changed from https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2024/summary/ . Thanks!

I know it's one day late but I personally don't agree with this change. Using the main entry webpage is much easier for people to look for relevant info, including but not limited to: various articles about this specific award; other info about this year's Nobel, other info about Nobel in general. This is exactly what the Internet (or WWW) is better than traditional printing media. Using a PDF as a link (which itself…

I wish they were, but I don't think most readers are as diligent as you in looking for other sources.

Re: Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton [pdf]

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Post by ImaCake »

fooker wrote: post #786
ImaCake wrote: post #738

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The corners of physics I have some contact with (climate/weather modelling and astrophysics) seem pretty dynamic to me. Each generation of CMIP models seems to be significantly better than the previous.

What's the core technology making these models significantly better?

Not neural nets. CMIP models are largely dynamical models.

Re: Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton [pdf]

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soheil wrote: post #868
openrisk wrote: post #89

This does indeed smell of desperation. Which is really, really sad. Advances in _real_ physics are central to the absolutely needed sustainability transition. In a sane society that values its self-preservation you would not need to grasp at second-order straws to justify the need for all sorts of both fundamental and applied physics research. We need to think seriously whether our collective hallucinations (pun) hav…

Totally agree, for too many years some of the smartest people have been dedicating their lives to the development of FarmVille and AngryBirds. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perverse_incentive

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Re: Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton [pdf]

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Post by fooker »

ImaCake wrote: post #872
fooker wrote: post #786

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's the core technology making these models significantly better?

Not neural nets. CMIP models are largely dynamical models.

Awesome, where do I learn more about this?
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