AI wins Nobel Prize?

Hi friends! Happy to be part of this board. This is my first post in the group! I was intrigued by a point made by Neil in the latest episode, that 'AI was awarded the Nobel Prize'.

So I looked into it, and found the papers! Yes not one, but two, both in 2024. One in Physics, and another in Chemistry.

Well actually, AI didn't win per se. Rather, researchers (humans!) won the prizes, for developing AI models.

Who were these researchers, what did their AI models do, and why does it matter? Check out this short and sweet article to find out.

I've attached a neat image from the article, that lays out how the research (for both prizes) developed over time.

So yes humans won the prize, but maybe oneday AI will win on its own.