Allegedly for discovering the physics formula E = mc^2 + AI

  • hypercracker [he/him]
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    Here's a good thread by a physicist about how this discovery was fundamentally a physics thing, even if it's being metabolized by pop science as "godfather of AI" or whatever https://mathstodon.xyz/@johncarlosbaez/113272834785880929

    However, other people have thoughts; here's a decent few comments on it: https://lobste.rs/s/dvedwb/nobel_prize_physics_2024_awarded

    • Evilphd666 [he/him, comrade/them]
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      Are they just slapping AI marketing terms on a 40 year old quantum field theory with temperature.

      internet-delenda-est It's just a fancy way of playing "hot or cold" like hide and seek slapping some tangental 40 year old quantum field probability (aka ODDS / percentaces) theory on what is essentually an "If then else" statement. We've been comparing data matricies for a long time before the AI buzzwords were marketed for research dollars.

      It's not like your are reading quantum spin states in your GPUs.....yet.

      Am I wrong in this assessment?

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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      3 days ago

      Here's a good thread by a physicist about how this discovery was fundamentally a physics thing, even if it's being metabolized by pop science as "godfather of AI" or whatever

      Remember soypoint-1 THE GOD PARTICLE soypoint-2 ?