UofT Nobel Prize watch party for ‘Godfather of AI’ Geoffrey Hinton [Video]

The University of Toronto hosted a watch party to celebrate renowned computer scientist, Geoffrey Hinton, accept the 2024 Nobel Prize for physics in Sweden on Tuesday.

Hinton is a professor emeritus at U of T, but he is also known as the godfather of artificial intelligence.

Dozens of students, faculty and staff gathered at the Schwartz Reisman Innovation campus downtown to take in the live stream together.

When the British-Canadian professor received his medal, people in the atrium cheered and applauded.

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“A Nobel is (a) particularly rare, momentous occasion. We’re especially proud and jubilant about it,” Timothy Chan, vice provost of strategic initiatives, said. “I think Geoffrey Hinton is a superstar and he’s a celebrity here for sure.”

The university said the event was a chance to show off Toronto talent and share the joy with the community.

“His work that leads to the foundations of modern AI, it …