Geoffrey Hinton
British-Canadian computer scientist, 'godfather of AI'
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Hinton shaped how machines learn by pioneering artificial neural networks. The British-Canadian cognitive scientist picked up a Nobel Prize for it and spent decades at the University of Toronto—enough to earn the "Godfather of AI" nickname.
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Geoffrey Everest Hinton is a British-Canadian computer scientist, cognitive scientist, cognitive psychologist and Nobel Prize laureate known for his work on artificial neural networks, which earned him the title "the Godfather of AI". He is University Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto.
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