#3: Zvi Mowshowitz - Rationality, Writing, Public Policy, and AI

Zvi Mowshowitz is a former professional Magic: The Gathering player who is a Pro Tour and Grand Prix winner, and member of the MTG Hall of Fame. He’s also been a professional trader and market maker, and a startup founder. He’s been involved in the rationalist movement for many years, and today, he writes about AI, rationality, game design and theory, philosophy, and more on his blog, Don’t Worry About the Vase.

PODCAST LINKS:

Video Transcript: https://www.theojaffee.com/p/3-zvi-mowshowitz

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1IJRtB8FP4Cnq8lWuuCdvW?si=eba62a72e6234efb

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/theo-jaffee-podcast/id1699912677

RSS: https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/989123/s/75569/private/129f6344-c459-4581-a9da-dc331677c2f6.rss

Playlist of all episodes: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVN8-zhbMh9YnOGVRT9m0xzqTNGD_sujj

SOCIALS:

My Twitter: https://twitter.com/theojaffee

My Substack: https://www.theojaffee.com

Zvi’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/thezvi

Zvi’s Blog: https://thezvi.wordpress.com/

Zvi’s Substack: https://thezvi.substack.com/

Balsa Research: https://balsaresearch.com/

CHAPTERS:

Intro (0:00)

Zvi’s Background (0:42)

Rationalism (6:28)

Critiques of Rationalism (20:08)

The Pill Poll (39:26)

Balsa Research (47:58)

p(doom | AGI) (1:05:47)

Alignment (1:17:18)

Decentralization and the Cold War (1:39:42)

More on AI (1:53:53)

Dealing with AI Risks (2:07:40)

Writing (2:18:57)