Q92894

Also known as Geoff Hinton, G. E. Hinton

British-Canadian computer scientist and psychologist

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Q92894 is a British-Canadian computer scientist and psychologist whose work bridges the fields of computing and human behavior. This combination of expertise is notable because it addresses how technology and psychology intersect, which is increasingly important in our digital world.

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Q92894 is indexed among the 79 entries in Vinony's Turing Award collection. It also appears in Nobel Prize in Physics.

Vinony's link graph records 923 inbound references to Q92894, and connects out to Nobel Prize, The New York Times and technological singularity.

It sits within the topics 1947 births, Academic staff of the University of Toronto Faculty of Arts and Science and Alumni of King's College, Cambridge.

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Geoffrey Everest Hinton (born 6 December 1947) is a British-Canadian cognitive psychologist and computer scientist, most noted for his work on artificial neural networks. Since 2013, he has divided his time working for Google (Google Brain) and the University of Toronto. In 2017, he co-founded and became the Chief Scientific Advisor of the Vector Institute in Toronto.

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Chasing Utopia2026
Atlas — Geoffrey Hinton (uncredited)2024
The Genius of George Boole — Self2015

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Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize in Physics2024
“for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks”
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Geoffrey Hinton

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Official website: www.cs.toronto.edu/~hinton
Image: Geoffrey E. Hinton, 2024 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics (3x4 cropped).jpg

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date of birth: 1947-12-06
Commons category: Geoffrey Hinton
name in native language: Geoffrey Hinton
curriculum vitae URL: www.cs.toronto.edu/~hinton/fullcv.pdf
social media followers: 179917
described at URL: baike.sogou.com/v180868462.htm

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Encyclopedic overview

Geoffrey Everest Hinton (born 6 December 1947) 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.

From 2013 to 2023, he divided his time working for Google Brain and the University of Toronto before publicly announcing his departure from Google in May 2023, citing concerns about the many risks of artificial intelligence (AI) technology. In 2017, he co-founded and became the chief scientific advisor of the Vector Institute in Toronto.

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