John Hopfield was one of the pioneers of neural-level AI research, giving his name to the Hopfield networks inspired by spin-glass models in physics. He also wrote about the importance of 'sleep' in neural network learning. With Geoffery Hinton he was awarded a Nobel Prize in Physics in 2024
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Also known as: John Hopfield
Used in glossary entries: Hopfield networks
Links:
pni.princeton.edu: John Hopfield home page at Princetown- nobelprize.org: Nobel Prize: John J. Hopfield
- nature.com: ‘Unlearning’ has a stabilizing effect in collective memories. Hopfield, Feinstein and Palmer (1983)