E44: The AI Safety Debates with Zvi Mowshowitz

Nathan Labenz sits down with Zvi Mowshowitz, the writer behind Don't Worry About the Vase.

Zvi is an information hyperprocessor who synthesizes vast amounts of new and ever-evolving information into extremely clear summaries that help educated people keep up with the latest news. In this episode, we cover his AI safety worldview, an overview of the AI discourse, and who really matters in the AI debates.

RECOMMENDED PODCAST:

Founding a business is just the tip of the iceberg; the real complexity comes with scaling it. On 1 to 1000, hosts Jack Altman and Erik Torenberg dig deep into the inevitable twists and turns operators encounter along the journey of turning an idea into a business. Hear all about the tactical challenges of scaling from the people that built up the world’s leading companies like Stripe, Ramp, and Lattice. Our first episode with Eric Glyman of Ramp is out now: https://link.chtbl.com/1to1000

Do you have questions you want us to answer, topic requests, or guest suggestions for upcoming episodes? Email us at TCR@turpentine.co

Also, be sure to check out our recent release on YouTube: The AI Scouting Report Part 1: The Fundamentals

TIMESTAMPS:

(00:00) Episode Preview

(05:00) Zvi’s Introduction to AI

(07:04) Weekly 10,000+ words / Weekly newsletter

(12:34) Language models

(18:25) AI Worldview

(27:30) Probably of Due

(33:10) Inspirations for Content

(39:00) Audience for Writings

(45:25) Impactful figures’ impact

(48:55) Path of the river

(55:39) Different camps in AI discourse

(01:13:55) Acceleration Front Argument

(01:20:08) Large Language Models Today

(01:27:00) Spendings in AI

(01:36:03) Principles / Virtue Ethicism

(01:43:30) Human vs Non-human Universe

(01:47:32) AI Safety & “Doomers”

(02:02:10) Expectations of Human/AI Relationship

(02:10:30) Future of Online Laws and Ethics

(02:19:10) What do we do next?

(02:34:50) Sources for learning

(02:42:08) Conclusion

LINKS:

Don't Worry About the Vase: https://thezvi.substack.com/

TWITTER:

@labenz (Nathan)

@theZvi (Zvi)

@eriktorenberg (Erik)

@cogrev_podcast

SPONSOR:

Thank you Omneky (www.omneky.com) for sponsoring The Cognitive Revolution. Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work, customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off.

MUSIC CREDIT:

MusicLM