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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.” Multiple credible sources identify 1976 specifically.
Full reasoning
This wording is too uncertain. I found two credible sources that point specifically to 1976:
- A 2020 profile/interview published by DeepLearning.AI says Shazeer "was born in Philadelphia in 1976."
- A U.S. Government Publishing Office Congressional Record document about the 1994 International Mathematical Olympiad says Shazeer "celebrated his 18th birthday" on July 19, 1994 (the article is dated July 20, 1994 and says he celebrated it "yesterday"). That places his birth year in 1976, not 1975.
Because reliable sources support a definite 1976 birth year, the article's wording "born 1975 or 1976" is inaccurate.
2 sources
- Noam Noam Shazeer Explains How He Co-Created the AI Transformer
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 — Senate, 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.