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Andy Masley

@andymasley.bsky.social

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When the going gets weird the weird turn pro. Director of EA DC linktr.ee/andymasley

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Andy Masley @andymasley.bsky.social · 7h

Well yeah obviously you don't care about getting this question right

Andy Masley @andymasley.bsky.social · 7h

Good point, I'm going off these numbers fwiw watercalculator.org/footprint/th...

Andy Masley @andymasley.bsky.social · 7h

I write a post trying to address every last thing about AI and the environment, people say it's too long and they're not reading it. I try to say something about just one issue, people say I should address every other issue also. Can't win!

Andy Masley @andymasley.bsky.social · 8h

I'm mainly paid to block local community access to water actually, it's a tough job but someone's gotta do it

Andy Masley @andymasley.bsky.social · 8h

Believe me I do

Andy Masley @andymasley.bsky.social · 8h

No it's more the people like you who viscerally hate the fact that some people can actually just go out in the world and do things and understand things

Andy Masley @andymasley.bsky.social · 8h

A big motivator for the new job is that it seems to make people like you really upset

Andy Masley @andymasley.bsky.social · 8h

My bosses mostly didn't talk to me at all, when you teach advanced classes you're pretty free to do what you want

Andy Masley @andymasley.bsky.social · 8h

Because I decided you're a crazy person better left alone

Andy Masley @andymasley.bsky.social · 8h

Oh duh found it in the book

Andy Masley @andymasley.bsky.social · 8h

Where's this from?

Andy Masley @andymasley.bsky.social · 8h

Do we need video games?

Andy Masley @andymasley.bsky.social · 8h

lol I was a very popular teacher and left bc givewell is neat

Andy Masley @andymasley.bsky.social · 8h

Well yeah but this post is about water!

Andy Masley @andymasley.bsky.social · 9h

Well I disagree, I’d rather people not play video games. Should I start saying they use too much wate?

Andy Masley @andymasley.bsky.social · 9h

Nope sorry, there's a level of water use that's just so indescribably low that water is no longer the issue with it. I think video games are a waste of time. Video games also use water. I don't go around saying they're wasting water, because it's so little.

Andy Masley @andymasley.bsky.social · 9h

Image generation's about the same level as normal prompts. Suspect video generation's much higher but we don't have data on it right now

Andy Masley @andymasley.bsky.social · 9h

Yes, and that's a separate question from water. There are a lot of things in society I think are bad, but I'm not mainly worried about them also using tiny amounts of water, and I'd be lying if I said they were a big water issue just because they're otherwise bad

Andy Masley @andymasley.bsky.social · 9h

Tell me where I'm wrong

Andy Masley @andymasley.bsky.social · 9h

Why do you think I think AI can write TV?

Andy Masley @andymasley.bsky.social · 9h

Don't you see how your critique of AI is rooted in other stuff, and adding "the fascist surveillance tool also uses a few drops of water" dilutes the point you're making?

Andy Masley @andymasley.bsky.social · 9h

But it's just so obvious that your critique of AI doesn't actually depend in any way on the water it uses no?

Andy Masley @andymasley.bsky.social · 10h

What if something cost $0.001 more?

Andy Masley @andymasley.bsky.social · 10h

In Maricopa County Arizona, with the most new data center builds basically anywhere in the arid southwest, water use looks like this

Andy Masley @andymasley.bsky.social · 10h

Far right