How I fell in Love with Geoffrey Hinton
For those of you who doesn't know who Geoffrey Hinton is I invite you to make a simple research on google, it'll be worth your time. And for those of you who knew the man, I congratulate you you're passionate about AI and you'd probably understand the title more quickly. It's simply the love of AI field and what good it can do for the world, now let me tell you how this love started.
From an early age, and like any other child I was always asked that classical question of: what do you want to be in the future, my answer was always: a Doctor, why? Because I used to watch a Korean drama about doctors, hospitals, operation rooms and saving people's lives. The reason may be too childish for some of you, but let's be tolerant considering my age back then.
But I'll admit that I still love watching shows about doctors and their volunteering work, it always gives me hope that there's still good people in this world. Anyway, time passed by and I found myself in an engineering school studying statistics and economics, which is not really far from my initial dream of helping people, but in a different way.
During my second year, I had the chance to take an artificial intelligence course, and that's when everything changed. I discovered that AI could be used to solve real-world problems, from medical diagnosis to environmental protection. The professor mentioned Geoffrey Hinton and his work on deep learning, and I was fascinated.
Geoffrey Hinton, often called the "Godfather of Deep Learning", has dedicated his life to understanding how neural networks can mimic human intelligence. His work on backpropagation and deep neural networks has revolutionized the field of artificial intelligence. But what struck me most was his vision of using AI for the betterment of humanity.
Today, as I continue my journey in data science and machine learning, I carry with me the same passion that drove my childhood dream of helping people. Only now, instead of using a stethoscope, I use algorithms. Instead of prescribing medicine, I prescribe data-driven solutions. And just like Geoffrey Hinton, I believe that AI can be a force for good in this world.
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