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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noam_Shazeer
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born 1975 or 1976
Correction
Shazeer was born in 1976, not “1975 or 1976.” Credible sources identify 1976 specifically.
Full reasoning
This wording is too uncertain. Two credible sources point to 1976 specifically:
- A 2020 DeepLearning.AI profile says Shazeer "was born in Philadelphia in 1976."
- The official Congressional Record entry from July 20, 1994 says Shazeer "celebrated his 18th birthday yesterday" while discussing his IMO win. Since that record is dated July 20, 1994, it places his birth in 1976, not 1975.
Because independent sources identify a definite 1976 birth year, the article's wording "born 1975 or 1976" is inaccurate.
2 sources
- AI Transformed: A Conversation with Transformer co-inventor Noam Shazeer
Shazeer's grandparents fled the Nazi Holocaust to the former Soviet Union, and he was born in Philadelphia in 1976 to a multi-lingual math teacher turned engineer and a full-time mom.
- Congressional Record (Bound Edition), July 20, 1994
Shazeer, who celebrated his 18th birthday yesterday, graduated from Swampscott High School, and will attend Duke on a full scholarship in the fall.