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[–] Donkter@lemmy.world 6 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

As the guy above you mentioned, the prize is for progressing the field of physics, biology, math etc. not for knowing the field the best. They used an unrelated technology to advance those fields in a novel and significant way.

[–] potustheplant@feddit.nl 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

It's just a tool. Inventing a hammer doesn't make you a carpenter, the same way that developing an LLM doesn't make you a physicist or chemist.

[–] Donkter@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, but the first person who invented the hammer would absolutely deserve a carpentry prize if they built a new type of chair with the hammer as proof of the usefulness of their new tool.

[–] potustheplant@feddit.nl 0 points 11 hours ago

Not really, no. But it's ok. You do you.