Nicole Rust on Nostr: How did John Hopfield decide to work on the topic that led to his Nobel Prize? "I was ...
How did John Hopfield decide to work on the topic that led to his Nobel Prize?
"I was now looking for A PROBLEM, not a problem ... How mind emerges from brain is to me the deepest question posed by our humanity. Definitely A PROBLEM."
More here:
https://pni.princeton.edu/people/john-j-hopfield/now-what
The solution:
https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.79.8.2554
"In the model network each "neuron" has elementary properties, and the network has little structure. Nonetheless, collective computational properties spontaneously arose."
"I was now looking for A PROBLEM, not a problem ... How mind emerges from brain is to me the deepest question posed by our humanity. Definitely A PROBLEM."
More here:
https://pni.princeton.edu/people/john-j-hopfield/now-what
The solution:
https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.79.8.2554
"In the model network each "neuron" has elementary properties, and the network has little structure. Nonetheless, collective computational properties spontaneously arose."