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
I reference this image like once a week
November 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I reference this image like once a week
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...
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...
This seems to have happened to about 1/3 people I asked
October 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This seems to have happened to about 1/3 people I asked
Seems like about 1 in 3 people have had the experience I'm describing
October 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Seems like about 1 in 3 people have had the experience I'm describing
Can’t handle me using the exact same language you were using. Silly
October 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Can’t handle me using the exact same language you were using. Silly
Blocked over white house renovation discourse smh
October 24, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Blocked over white house renovation discourse smh
But imo I don't actually think it's that much by the standards of most American industry
October 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
But imo I don't actually think it's that much by the standards of most American industry
Well the same source has a big breakdown of how much water they're using. If you compare it to other consumptive uses of freshwater it doesn't look like a lot, even if (as predicted) their water use is multiplied by 3 by 2028
October 16, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Well the same source has a big breakdown of how much water they're using. If you compare it to other consumptive uses of freshwater it doesn't look like a lot, even if (as predicted) their water use is multiplied by 3 by 2028
Compared to most other industries in America this is pretty minimal
October 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Compared to most other industries in America this is pretty minimal
Like I say this right here at the beginning of the post
October 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Like I say this right here at the beginning of the post
All my posts on AI and the environment are actually just making these points over and over andymasley.substack.com/p/a-few-meta...
October 15, 2025 at 4:18 AM
All my posts on AI and the environment are actually just making these points over and over andymasley.substack.com/p/a-few-meta...
In Maricopa County Arizona, with the most new data center builds basically anywhere in the arid southwest, water use looks like this
October 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
In Maricopa County Arizona, with the most new data center builds basically anywhere in the arid southwest, water use looks like this
Every day I find a new way of trying to get across just how ridiculously fake the problem of AI water use is
October 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Every day I find a new way of trying to get across just how ridiculously fake the problem of AI water use is
From my recent TED Talk
October 7, 2025 at 1:20 AM
From my recent TED Talk
A lot of things to pull from this list to show how dishonestly More Perfect Union has presented the water issue, but my personal favorite is this section.
September 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM
A lot of things to pull from this list to show how dishonestly More Perfect Union has presented the water issue, but my personal favorite is this section.
It's Hobbes actually
September 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
It's Hobbes actually
I took a moment to organize everything I've written about AI and the environment into a single clear landing page: andymasley.substack.com/p/ai-and-the...
September 15, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I took a moment to organize everything I've written about AI and the environment into a single clear landing page: andymasley.substack.com/p/ai-and-the...
Yeah super TLDR but:
1) Main misconception I bump into is that EA tends right-wing. EA actually has the politics of a left-leaning city.
2) The vast majority of people in EA aren't "AI doomer" and mostly have small but significant "p(doom)" from AI
(1/2)
1) Main misconception I bump into is that EA tends right-wing. EA actually has the politics of a left-leaning city.
2) The vast majority of people in EA aren't "AI doomer" and mostly have small but significant "p(doom)" from AI
(1/2)
September 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Yeah super TLDR but:
1) Main misconception I bump into is that EA tends right-wing. EA actually has the politics of a left-leaning city.
2) The vast majority of people in EA aren't "AI doomer" and mostly have small but significant "p(doom)" from AI
(1/2)
1) Main misconception I bump into is that EA tends right-wing. EA actually has the politics of a left-leaning city.
2) The vast majority of people in EA aren't "AI doomer" and mostly have small but significant "p(doom)" from AI
(1/2)
If you read "AI: The New Aesthetics of Fascism" they among other things imply Shrek is fascist alongside Nazi repression. This just seems elitist.
September 6, 2025 at 10:36 PM
If you read "AI: The New Aesthetics of Fascism" they among other things imply Shrek is fascist alongside Nazi repression. This just seems elitist.