John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton were awarded the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for discoveries and inventions that formed the building blocks of machine learning.

The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to two scientists, Geoffrey Hinton and John Hopfield, for their work on machine learning. British-Canadian Professor Geoffrey Hinton is sometimes referred to as the "Godfather of AI" and said he was flabbergasted.

During a conference call following the announcement of his award, Hinton expressed serious concerns about the rapid advancement of AI technology.

A British-Canadian computer scientist who has been dubbed the “godfather of artificial intelligence” has won this year’s Nobel Prize for Physics. Professor Geoffrey Hinton, who works at the University of Toronto in Canada,