Zvi Mowshowitz is an American writer specializing in artificial intelligence. He is a former competitive Magic: The Gathering player, and was CEO of MetaMed, a defunct medical research analysis firm.

Career

Mowshowitz was the CEO of MetaMed, a medical research analysis firm. After that, he worked at Jane Street Capital. He also attempted to launch an online trading card game, Emergents.

Magic: The Gathering

Mowshowitz held a developer intern position at Wizards of the Coast Magic R&D. Mowshowitz is known for having created innovative and sometimes game-breaking decks TurboZvi and My Fires. His first-place finishes include a Pro Tour and a Grand Prix. He has placed in the top eight of four Pro Tours, and earned over $140,000 playing Magic competitively. In 2007, Mowshowitz was elected into the Magic Hall of Fame. Mowshowitz was also an avid internet writer on gaming, previously with The Dojo, Mindripper, Brainburst, StarCityGames, and then for the official Magic website MagicTheGathering.com. In April 2006, he stopped writing for MagicTheGathering.com.

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Other accomplishments

Writing

Since then has focused more on writing on Substack, LessWrong and his blog, all under the name "Don't Worry about the Vase". He focusses on variety of topics, but primarily on Artificial intelligence, Economics and the COVID-19 pandemic, when the pandemic was ongoing. As part of this work he also founded Balsa Research, a nonprofit think tank which focuses on the repeal of the Jones Act, increasing the housing supply and reform of the National Environmental Policy Act.

Personal life

Mowshowitz is the son of American biochemist Deborah Mowshowitz. Mowshowitz is an alumnus of Columbia University and holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics.