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Congrats to the laureates! Maybe a Computing prize should be created though, like Nobel did not create the "nobel prize of economy".Though you could argue that
by throw_m239339 2y ago
Congrats to the laureates! Maybe a Computing prize should be created though, like Nobel did not create the "nobel prize of economy".Though you could argue that Computing is Math? What are computer scientists usually awarded with?
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- jvanderbot 2y agoI think there's some backlash against a google-able answer here. However, from memory the list of biggest awards for CS/Math are: Fields medal Abel prize Turing award Godel award
- amarcheschi 2y agoKanellakis award too for theoretical cs https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Kanellakis_Award https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Kanellakis_Award
- seanhunter 2y agoI don't think Geoff Hinton is in the running for a Fields medal[1] any more, unless they did what they did for Andrew Wiles and give him a "quantized" Fields medal. [1] You have to be under 40. https://www.fields.utoronto.ca/aboutus/jcfields/fields_medal.html https://www.fields.utoronto.ca/aboutus/jcfields/fields_medal...
- nybsjytm 2y agoHinton was never in the running for a Fields medal since he never made a single contribution to the field of mathematics. His work is about empirical discoveries in CS.
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- astura 2y ago>What are computer scientists usually rewarded with? The Turing Award is considered by most to be the highest award in computer science.
- jprete 2y agoHinton already won a Turing award, so this Nobel just seems doubly absurd. I hope he turns it down, but it's a monetary prize too and it takes a lot of dedication to science to turn it down.
- FredPret 2y agoIsn’t he a socialist?
- Vecr 2y agoDoesn't matter. He wants to work on AI risk, right?
- FredPret 2y agoUnsure of your point - I meant he doesn’t believe in provate property, so the prize money shouldn’t be a factor. If he truly believes what he says he believes.
- Vecr 2y agoBecause you can use money to do things? Even if you don't want private property after AGI, you need it now.
- FredPret 2y agoBelieving that you can do a better job of allocating your Nobel prize money than a central authority is free-market thinking. If he’s a socialist, he should donate all his property to the government, including the entire prize money.