John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics for foundational work in which field?

Machine learning with artificial neural networksCorrect answerYour answerAttosecond pulses of lightCorrect answerYour answerQuantum dotsCorrect answerYour answerGravitational wavesCorrect answerYour answer

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The prize recognised discoveries that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks.
Attosecond pulses won physics in 2023; quantum dots won chemistry in 2023.

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John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics for foundational work in which field?

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