Andy Masley
I’m an independent writer and researcher. I write essays on AI, data centers, animal welfare, political liberalism, and more, all linked here, and a lot of it published on my Substack. My work is funded by I am not employed by Coefficient Giving and my views don’t represent theirs. The grant does not obligate me to write from any specific perspective. The full text description of the grant’s purpose reads:To support one year of writing and communications work made publicly available on topics related to AI, public policy, and other topics.I do not receive any other funding for my writing besides individual paid Substack subscribers, and one-off payments for writing in other publications. from Coefficient Giving to explore topics in AI and other areas. I write from a broadly I’m excited to promote EA thinking on major issues, though not everything I write will be from an EA perspective or agreed with by most EAs. My favorite resource for someone who wants to learn more about EA is the 80,000 Hours series on how they approach problems. My writing style has been influenced a lot by 80,000 Hours problem profiles like this one. The EA Handbook is also great. The Precipice is excellent for EA thinking on x-risk specifically. perspective. Here are some AI and the environment Using ChatGPT is not bad for the environment - a cheat sheetToward liberal environmentalismWhat a data center isA simple trick to fix the data center debateData centers and low social trustWhy I think panic about local impacts of data centers is just a panicThe AI water issue is fakeData center land use issues are fakeEmpire of AI is wildly misleading about AI water use AI in general All the ways I want the AI debate to be better Other Animal suffering isn’t pretendStrategies for learning Appearances Conspicuous CognitionNYT Hard ForkThe World UnpackedThe Cognitive Revolution Visuals Factory-farmed chickensCarbon footprint calculatorHow thirsty is AI?What does your AI use cost? on my work.
Email me at AndyMasley@gmail.com if you’d like to chat! You can also connect with me on LinkedIn. You can leave me anonymous feedback here.
(It’s pronounced May-zlee)
More about me
Before this I was the director of the effective altruism city group in Washington DC, and before that I taught high school physics for 7 years. I made animated video lectures for each day of my 2 year IB physics course which I host on my YouTube channel. In college I double majored in philosophy and physics at Clark University in Worcester MA. I’ve lived in DC for 10 years and grew up in Webster MA.
I discovered EA ideas through Peter Singer in 2009 and EA itself through Derek Parfit in 2013. It’s one philosophical view among many. I’m also very into political liberalism, philosophical naturalism (especially Peirce, Quine, and Dennett), and (from afar) continental philosophy of technology.
I tweet a lot. For fun I mostly spend time with friends, exercise, try to consume a lot of music, movies, and books, and explore DC’s amazing vegan-friendly restaurants.
- AI art as curation Jul 3
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