#40 - Alex Zhu | Rational Spirituality, AI Alignment & Chris Langan's Metaphysics

Oct 17, 2025
1h 27m

Episode Description

Alex Zhu is a math olympian and researcher exploring the convergence of analytical rationality and religion. He’s also the co-founder of AlphaSheets. He’s currently working on a rigorous framework for bridging AI alignment and mysticism.

In this conversation we explore about how he got into spirituality without sacrificing his rigorous epistemics.

Resources

* Alex’s Twitter and Substack

* C. Langan – An Introduction to the Cognitive-Theoretic Model of the Universe (2002)

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