Zvi Mowshowitz writes Don't Worry About the Vase, a Substack publication that is now primarily about AI. Its weekly AI update covers the practical uses of language models, their harms and benefits, new products, deals and initiatives, and issues of catastrophic and existential risk from AI and the discussion around them. The publication also runs roundups and posts on other topics, and is mirrored on a WordPress version.12
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Zvi Mowshowitz's publication, Don't Worry About the Vase, is published primarily on Substack, with a WordPress edition carrying the same posts. Its about page says the publication usually runs about five posts a week, anchored by a numbered weekly AI update, and sets out journalistic principles for handling off-the-record and background information.23
The numbered AI series began with "AI #1: Sydney and Bing" in February 2023 and had reached "AI #190" by October 2026. Alongside the AI updates the publication runs a numbered monthly roundup and other roundups on topics such as childhood and education.4562
The Substack archive also holds earlier writing, including a February 2017 post discussing the paper "Learning to learn by gradient descent by gradient descent". The weekly update covers practical uses of language models, new products and initiatives, and questions of catastrophic and existential risk from AI.72
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Writes the publication, including an extensive weekly AI update on language models, AI products and AI risk.2
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