Andy Masley
Person on 4 sites
Writer on AI and the environment, publishing long quantitative posts at blog.andymasley.com that check the arithmetic behind claims about what data centres do…
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4 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
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9 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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The data-centre backlash is about the buildings themselves, not about what people think of AI. (opens korrents.com)
“All this combined with the survey data on Americans’ stated reasons for opposing data centers makes me think that attitudes toward AI are probably a meaningful factor for a minority of people opposed to data centers,…”
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The American data-centre backlash is homegrown, not a foreign influence operation. (opens korrents.com)
“I have a long separate post here looking at the evidence we have, and I come away thinking the data center backlash is basically entirely homegrown.”
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Data centres mostly take farmland, of which America has too much, rather than housing land, of which it has too little. (opens korrents.com)
“This post is about whether data centers waste the land they’re on relative to what they compete with, and my claim is that they mostly don’t compete with things we need more of (housing) and mostly compete with things…”
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The data-centre backlash is about the buildings themselves, not about what people think of AI. (opens korrents.com)
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40 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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80,000 Hours (opens rcmnd.app)
“The best resource on effective altruism https://80000hours.org”
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The Science of Energy (opens rcmnd.app)
“Audio: The Great Courses - The Science of Energy If I could assign everyone one place to start learning about energy from scratch, this would be it.”
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Sustainable Energy - without the hot air (opens rcmnd.app)
“Book: Sustainable Energy - without the hot air One of the best popular science books on anything. Designed to help you build general energy literacy. This is a holy text for me.”
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80,000 Hours (opens rcmnd.app)