从字面意义上看，人工智能和物理学是两个完全不同的学科。实际上，人工智能的另外一个名称是“机器智能”，其中的“机器”是指电子计算机。1946年，电子计算机成功脱胎于能够表达逻辑代数的电路系统(物理学)，具有了媲美甚至超越人类计算和记忆(存储)的能力，逐渐发展出一个新的学科——计算机科学。本文从计算机科学的视角，通过概述计算机诞生以来近80年的发展历程，来解读2024年诺贝尔物理学奖颁给人工智能学者的原因。

Literally speaking, artificial intelligence and physics are two completely different disciplines. In fact, another name for artificial intelligence is “machine intelligence”, where “machine” refers to electronic computers. In 1946, the electronic computer successfully evolved from a circuit system capable of expressing logical algebra (physics), acquiring computing and storage capabilities that rivaled or even surpassed those of humans, and gradually developed into a new field—computer science. This paper interprets the reasons behind the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics being awarded to AI scholars from the perspective of computer science, by outlining the nearly 80-year history of the birth of computers.