Snubbed by Nobel, Japans AI pioneers being written out of history

The announcement of the artificial intelligence researchers John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton as this year’s Nobel laureates in physics spurred celebration and consternation over the status of AI in science and society. In Japan, however, another feeling dominates: frustration. “Japanese researchers should also have won,” an editorial in the Asahi Shimbun newspaper proclaimed. Congratulating Hopfield […]
The post Snubbed by Nobel, Japan’s AI pioneers being written out of history appeared first on Asia Times.

Read Full Article