Geoffrey Hinton is the recipient of the 2024 Nobel Prize in physics. He pioneered the development of artificial neural networks, laying the foundation for modern artificial intelligence. He is a former Vice President and Engineering Fellow at Google, a distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto, and advises leaders around the world on AI safety.
Patchen Barss is a science journalist and the author of The Impossible Man: Roger Penrose and the Cost of Genius. He has written for the BBC, Globe and Mail, Nautilus Magazine, Scientific American and Quanta.