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19861980s
Geoffrey Hinton
Cognitive psychologist and computer scientist known as one of the 'Godfathers of Deep Learning'.
Organizations
University of TorontoGoogle BrainCarnegie Mellon University
Major Achievements
- •Co-authored the 1986 paper proving the efficacy of the backpropagation algorithm.
- •Co-invented Boltzmann machines, the first neural networks capable of learning internal representations.
- •His research group ignited the 2012 deep learning revolution with AlexNet.
- •Awarded the 2018 Turing Prize and the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics for foundational AI models.
Key Papers
- Learning Representations by Back-Propagating Errors
David E. Rumelhart, Geoffrey E. Hinton, Ronald J. Williams · Nature · 1986
- A Learning Algorithm for Boltzmann Machines
David H. Ackley, Geoffrey E. Hinton, Terrence J. Sejnowski · Cognitive Science · 1985
- A Fast Learning Algorithm for Deep Belief Nets
Geoffrey E. Hinton, Simon Osindero, Yee-Whye Teh · Neural Computation · 2006
Videos
Will AI outsmart human intelligence? - with 'Godfather of AI' Geoffrey Hinton
The Royal Institution
"Godfather of AI" Geoffrey Hinton: The 60 Minutes Interview
60 Minutes