Andy Masley
Effective Altruism DC
TIME100 AI 2026 (TIME, Thinkers; opens in new tab)
1 episode on Chain of Thought
At the time of the conversation, Andy Masley was Director of Effective Altruism DC. On Chain of Thought he fact-checked widely repeated claims about AI’s environmental cost, including a data-center water-usage figure in a bestselling book that he found was off by a factor of 4,500.
Latest episode with Andy Masley · EP 45
Debunking AI's Environmental Panic | Andy Masley
Andy Masley, Effective Altruism DC ·
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EA very generally is a broad movement, that's very heterogeneous. I would say it's actually eight or nine unrelated movements all under the same similar umbrella. The main idea is that you should try your best to use evidence and reason and debate to figure out where you can do the very most good with either your charitable donations or the time that you spend in your career, basically.
Debunking AI's Environmental Panic | Andy Masley