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Training AI models doesn't emit that much

If we just make reasonable comparisons instead of crazy ones

Apr 12 • Andy Masley

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What's blocking Waymo in DC and how can we fix it?

The very late DDOT report is only part of the story

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March 2026

Data centers' heat exhaust is not raising the land temperature around where they're built

A terrible paper and even worse interpretation is threatening to become common wisdom

Mar 31 • Andy Masley

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A call for more specific and numerate climate communication

There's too much low-hanging fruit going unpicked, and it's relatively easy to pick

Mar 11 • Andy Masley

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December 2025

AI can obviously create new knowledge

But maybe not new concepts

Dec 8, 2025 • Andy Masley

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November 2025

Empire of AI is wildly misleading about AI water use

And the media environment that didn't catch this is getting this issue wrong

Nov 16, 2025 • Andy Masley

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A short summary of my argument that using ChatGPT isn't bad for the environment

To share with anyone still worried

Nov 12, 2025 • Andy Masley

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The lump of cognition fallacy

The extended mind as the advance of civilization

Nov 11, 2025 • Andy Masley

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A list of other catastrophes that are probably fake

Adding to this over time

Nov 8, 2025 • Andy Masley

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It's much easier to hold computers accountable than it is to hold humans accountable

Computers live in a totalitarian surveillance state

Nov 8, 2025 • Andy Masley

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Data centers and low social trust

Why I was so compelled to post a lot about data centers

Nov 7, 2025 • Andy Masley

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An armchair diagnosis of the chatbot moral panic

It's... status!

Nov 4, 2025 • Andy Masley

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