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Nobel Prize in physics spotlights key breakthroughs in AI revolution − making machines that learn

  • Written by Ambuj Tewari, Professor of Statistics, University of Michigan
imageArtificial neural networks mimic human brains, but the technology has its roots in physics.Thom Leach/Science Photo Library via Getty Images

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