Nobel committee pushes back on "AI works like the brain" hype at 2026 Medicine prize announcement
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-10-06
At the announcement of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine — awarded to three scientists for uncovering how the brain switches individual nerve cells on and off — a reporter asked whether the winning brain research could explain what happens inside AI neural networks.
The Nobel committee's answer: stop overhyping the "AI works like the brain" story. A notable public correction from the Nobel panel against conflating artificial neural networks with real brain mechanisms. Full video on the Associated Press YouTube channel.
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