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		kenjackson on Oct 8, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to John Hopfield an... Curious, would Peter Shor qualify? I struggle if his work is really just CS or enough physics to be in the discussion.

jampekka on Oct 8, 2024 [–]

There were some predictions that Peter Shor could win this year for quantum computation. I'd say his work is a lot closer to physics than Hinton's or Hopfield's.

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