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He later received the Hertz Thesis Prize in 2011
The year is wrong. Hertz Foundation records show Dario Amodei was a Hertz Thesis Prize winner in 2012, not 2011.
Full reasoning
The claim misstates the award year.
The Hertz Foundation’s official Hertz Thesis Prize winners page lists Dario Amodei under 2012 for "Network-Scale Electrophysiology: Measuring and Understanding the Collective Behavior of Neural Circuits." It does not list him among the 2011 winners.
A Hertz Foundation press release from November 15, 2012 also announced: "The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Names Hertz Fellows, Dario Amodei, Vincent Holmberg and Daniel Slichter Winners of the 2012 Thesis Prize." That press release identifies Amodei as one of the 2012 recipients.
So the article’s statement that he received the prize in 2011 is contradicted by the awarding organization’s own records.
2 sources
- Hertz Thesis Prize - Hertz Foundation
Thesis Prize Winners ... 2012 ... Dario Amodei ... Network-Scale Electrophysiology: Measuring and Understanding the Collective Behavior of Neural Circuits ... 2011 ... Anna Bershteyn ... Kevin Esvelt ... Monika Schleier-Smith.
- The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Names Hertz Fellows, Dario Amodei, Vincent Holmberg and Daniel Slichter Winners of the 2012 Thesis Prize
Nov. 15, 2012 ... The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation announces the 2012 Thesis Prize ... Dario Amodei, PhD, Princeton University ... Thesis Title: Network-Scale Electrophysiology: Measuring and Understanding the Collective Behavior of Neural Circuits.