Moayd Ghazzawi

Writing

Questions worth staying with.

Research on technology and power, alongside essays on education and intellectual life.

Archive

Published work and research in progress.

Published essays
A transmission pylon and transformer supply server cabinets through a cable whose unfinished connection is being joined by two workers.
Published essay

Can Humanity Afford the Compute for AI?

The price of an answer can fall while the electricity bill grows. I want to know what we’re getting for it.

September 22, 20264 min read
Knowledge enters a university-shaped machine; coins and briefcases emerge.
Published essay

We’re More Educated Than Ever. So Why Is Anti-Intellectualism on the Rise?

Wanting a degree that leads to a job is reasonable. Making salary our measure of intelligence is where I have a problem.

September 1, 20264 min read
In progress
Working paper

When Controls Raise the Cost

A working paper on AI capability, resource demands, and continued dependence under U.S. chip controls.

In development
Field notes

Can policymakers govern what they can’t technically explain?

What policymakers need to understand before accepting a technical claim.

Work in progress
Journal

Learning China from the ground up.

Notes on learning Mandarin and reading Chinese institutions in context.

Ongoing
How I work
What would change the argument?

For the compute-controls research, that means identifying what each source supports, considering competing explanations, and specifying the evidence that would change a judgment.