Andy Masley
@andymasley.bsky.social
When the going gets weird the weird turn pro.
Director of EA DC linktr.ee/andymasley
Director of EA DC linktr.ee/andymasley
Being on the ground as a teacher made me lose a ton of confidence that the system has the right incentives in places to catch simple massive mistakes like this.
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
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November 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Being on the ground as a teacher made me lose a ton of confidence that the system has the right incentives in places to catch simple massive mistakes like this.
New post on the extended mind and the fallacy that there's a limited amount of thinking to do andymasley.substack.com/p/the-lump-o...
The lump of cognition fallacy
The extended mind as the advance of civilization
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November 11, 2025 at 5:50 AM
New post on the extended mind and the fallacy that there's a limited amount of thinking to do andymasley.substack.com/p/the-lump-o...
We need massively more electricity generation. The worlds where emissions drop the most are also the ones where we use the most new electricity.
"electrification is also the key to a dramatic improvement in energy efficiency, potentially reducing global final energy demand by 24% over the next 25 years, even as global GDP doubles"
A truly stunning point.
This is why I write about energy efficiency so much!
www.ft.com/content/7258...
A truly stunning point.
This is why I write about energy efficiency so much!
www.ft.com/content/7258...
Electrification is the key to energy efficiency
Productivity gains could cut final energy demand by nearly a quarter over the next 25 years, even as global GDP doubles
www.ft.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
We need massively more electricity generation. The worlds where emissions drop the most are also the ones where we use the most new electricity.
The ChatGPT water and energy myth is now preventing people from finding love. Sad! www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
November 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The ChatGPT water and energy myth is now preventing people from finding love. Sad! www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
I hate Elon's guts but I have a kind of wild take that this tweet is neurotypical bias
November 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I hate Elon's guts but I have a kind of wild take that this tweet is neurotypical bias
A big motivation for posting a lot about AI and the environment was that I was seeing a lot of people otherwise on my side about most things refusing to touch this tool that imo you really in fact ought to just try and see what it can do
Part of the reason why I’m so insistent about folks understanding AI capabilities is that they’re here to stay and we need to start thinking about what to do in such a world. Putting the genie back in the bottle is a pleasant fantasy that delays serious reckoning
November 9, 2025 at 5:49 AM
A big motivation for posting a lot about AI and the environment was that I was seeing a lot of people otherwise on my side about most things refusing to touch this tool that imo you really in fact ought to just try and see what it can do
Did a just for fun post andymasley.substack.com/p/a-list-of-...
A list of other catastrophes that are probably fake
Adding to this over time
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November 8, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Did a just for fun post andymasley.substack.com/p/a-list-of-...
I've had enough of this meme andymasley.substack.com/p/its-much-e...
It's much easier to hold computers accountable than it is to hold humans accountable
Computers live in a totalitarian surveillance state
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November 8, 2025 at 3:48 AM
I've had enough of this meme andymasley.substack.com/p/its-much-e...
Hammered out some thoughts on why I was motivated to post a lot about data centers: the popular conversation about them has been disproportionately informed by very low-trust intuitions I think are bad andymasley.substack.com/p/data-cente...
November 7, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Hammered out some thoughts on why I was motivated to post a lot about data centers: the popular conversation about them has been disproportionately informed by very low-trust intuitions I think are bad andymasley.substack.com/p/data-cente...
I did some quick digging on the Waymo cat situation andymasley.substack.com/p/please-ple...
November 7, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I did some quick digging on the Waymo cat situation andymasley.substack.com/p/please-ple...
I'm gonna register a prediction that Waymo will not be at fault in any accident where a human gets killed for its first 1 billion miles of travel.
November 7, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I'm gonna register a prediction that Waymo will not be at fault in any accident where a human gets killed for its first 1 billion miles of travel.
New post where I try to diagnose why there's such a unique moral panic about chatbots (separate from AI more broadly) andymasley.substack.com/p/an-armchai...
An armchair diagnosis of the chatbot moral panic
It's... status!
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November 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
New post where I try to diagnose why there's such a unique moral panic about chatbots (separate from AI more broadly) andymasley.substack.com/p/an-armchai...
Reposted by Andy Masley
New conversation with Henry Shevlin and Andy Masley on AI and climate change, political tribalism, why so much AI discourse is so bad, the "stochastic parrot"/"glorified auto-complete" critique of ChatGPT, technological determinism, effective altruism, and more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=87CW...
AI Sessions #3: The Truth About AI and the Environment
YouTube video by Conspicuous Cognition
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November 2, 2025 at 2:42 PM
New conversation with Henry Shevlin and Andy Masley on AI and climate change, political tribalism, why so much AI discourse is so bad, the "stochastic parrot"/"glorified auto-complete" critique of ChatGPT, technological determinism, effective altruism, and more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=87CW...
New post. This is an obvious thing to do that almost no one does andymasley.substack.com/p/always-mas...
Always mask at airports
This might occasionally save you thousands of dollars
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October 31, 2025 at 9:12 PM
New post. This is an obvious thing to do that almost no one does andymasley.substack.com/p/always-mas...
I'd put some money on this not happening
“With Others Doing Nuclear Testing, Important for US to Do Also,” Trump Says
October 30, 2025 at 4:52 AM
I'd put some money on this not happening
I've had a ton of issues with Mamdani's proposed policies, especially on rent and housing. Shit like this would make me vote for him just to permanently shut Cuomo up
What an odious thing to say. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
October 30, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I've had a ton of issues with Mamdani's proposed policies, especially on rent and housing. Shit like this would make me vote for him just to permanently shut Cuomo up
Went through Deciding to Win's list of the most unpopular Democratic positions and agree with half of them, including a majority of the -20%s. I want good animal welfare policy, but know to shut up about that during elections. Same goes for a lot of these.
October 30, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Went through Deciding to Win's list of the most unpopular Democratic positions and agree with half of them, including a majority of the -20%s. I want good animal welfare policy, but know to shut up about that during elections. Same goes for a lot of these.
There are specific people who memed themselves into maximalist versions of climate doom via social media rather than climate scientists, and some became marginal climate activists who mostly spread incorrect ideas of the specifics of the science. Those people do in fact need to lose more status
October 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
There are specific people who memed themselves into maximalist versions of climate doom via social media rather than climate scientists, and some became marginal climate activists who mostly spread incorrect ideas of the specifics of the science. Those people do in fact need to lose more status
Really weird call-out here, I made a post about people I know in a personal capacity and Ketan's expecting me to list them by name?
October 29, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Really weird call-out here, I made a post about people I know in a personal capacity and Ketan's expecting me to list them by name?
Good iron law
I swear, anyone who makes their brand around being a contrarian pundit is grifting.
October 29, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Good iron law
A hastily typed post after I got jokerfied by the Boston city council meeting andymasley.substack.com/p/please-ple...
Please please please do not ban autonomous vehicles in your city
Some basic arguments
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October 29, 2025 at 4:39 AM
A hastily typed post after I got jokerfied by the Boston city council meeting andymasley.substack.com/p/please-ple...
I listened for a while to a Boston City Council meeting where they talked about all the reasons they're probably going to ban AVs in the city and it made me a worse person
October 29, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I listened for a while to a Boston City Council meeting where they talked about all the reasons they're probably going to ban AVs in the city and it made me a worse person
Part 2, it’s over for Cartesianism open.substack.com/pub/andymasl...
AI and Folk Cartesianism - Part 2: Problems for Cartesianism
The theater is empty, the screen is in another room
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October 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Part 2, it’s over for Cartesianism open.substack.com/pub/andymasl...