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All eyes were on Sweden this week due the Nobel Peace Prize, awarded to
to the Nobel Prize announcements. individuals or organizations that
The award that was established by the contribute to the achievement of peace;
Swedish scientist Alfred Nobel in the and the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in
late 19th century. The Nobel Prize Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred
consists of set of prizes: the Nobel Nobel, awarded in the field of economics.
Prize in Physics, awarded for research On Tuesday, October 8, the Nobel Prize in
and discoveries in the field of physics; Physics was announced, awarded to John
the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, awarded J. Hopfield, an American physicist, and
for achievements in chemistry; the Geoffrey E. Hinton, a Canadian computer
Nobel Prize in Physiology or scientist. This was in recognition of their
Medicine, awarded for discoveries in research in the field of 'machine learning'
medical fields; the Nobel Prize in using artificial neural networks.
Literature, awarded to writers who However, why is there criticism
have done an outstanding surrounding the awarding of a computer
performance in literature; scientist with the Nobel Prize in Physics?
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