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Andy Masley @andymasley.bsky.social · 2h

I'm only arguing they imply other models are good, not that short form video will be good for society

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Andy Masley @andymasley.bsky.social · 4h

New post andymasley.substack.com/p/slop-impli...

Slop implies capability

If the current paradigm can produce convincing, satisfying slop, it can also be useful in other ways

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Andy Masley @andymasley.bsky.social · 9h

Hi, I'm the author. My main point is that AI's operating like any other industry, and if we just look at it through the lens of any other industry, it doesn't stand out as a problem. Don't all these points also apply to every other industry too?

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Andy Masley @andymasley.bsky.social · 1d

Good catch, I'll edit to clarify

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Andy Masley @andymasley.bsky.social · 1d

I'm talking to a lot of people who unfortunately seem to talk like the water cycle is an elaborate lie

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Andy Masley @andymasley.bsky.social · 1d

But as a note where I'm from (and in a lot of other places) data centers are bringing in a lot of local tax revenue. In Loudoun County they supply ~30% of the county's general fund

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Andy Masley @andymasley.bsky.social · 1d

Hello I'm the author. Where specifically are you from? Would be happy to revise.

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Andy Masley @andymasley.bsky.social · 1d

New post as a round-up of my last few on water, plus a few new national statistics andymasley.substack.com/p/the-ai-wat...

The AI water issue is fake

On the national, local, and personal level

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Andy Masley @andymasley.bsky.social · 2d

"The far-right authoritarian government is using powerful AI systems to surveil people!"

"Yeah, and what makes it worse is that each time they use it, a few droplets of water are evaporated!"

"...uh yeah sure that too I guess"

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Andy Masley @andymasley.bsky.social · 2d

Do you think TikTok or video games are useful?

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Andy Masley @andymasley.bsky.social · 2d

Factoring in the cost of training runs raises the water cost by ~40%, not nothing but it wouldn't change these numbers much.

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Andy Masley @andymasley.bsky.social · 3d

First part of a series I'll write on data centers and electricity: andymasley.substack.com/p/data-cente...

Data centers & electricity - Part 1: They're not raising national prices

Yet, anyway, but they have raised local costs a bit

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Andy Masley @andymasley.bsky.social · 3d

Well yeah obviously you don't care about getting this question right

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Andy Masley @andymasley.bsky.social · 3d

Good point, I'm going off these numbers fwiw watercalculator.org/footprint/th...

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Andy Masley @andymasley.bsky.social · 3d

I write a post trying to address every last thing about AI and the environment, people say it's too long and they're not reading it. I try to say something about just one issue, people say I should address every other issue also. Can't win!

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Andy Masley @andymasley.bsky.social · 3d

I'm mainly paid to block local community access to water actually, it's a tough job but someone's gotta do it

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Andy Masley @andymasley.bsky.social · 3d

Believe me I do

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Andy Masley @andymasley.bsky.social · 3d

No it's more the people like you who viscerally hate the fact that some people can actually just go out in the world and do things and understand things