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Andy Masley and Nathan Young refute claims that Effective Altruism funds campaigns to exaggerate AI data center water usage

Meltem Demirors claimed the narrative influenced the Pope's AI encyclical.

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OPAndy Masley#1735Andy Masley@ANDYMASLEY

EA money is to my knowledge not funding any claims about AI water use being a crazy problem

6:19 PM · May 25, 2026 View on X
POSTAndy Masley#1735Andy Masley@ANDYMASLEY

Going forward, I'm going to assume that anyone calling me a paid shill for defending AI water use is just secretly funded by effective altruists to say that. Nice try EAs but I'm onto you.

1:36 PM · May 26, 2026 · 4.1K Views
QUOTE POSTNathan is in.. Maine 🔎#1902Nathan is in.. Maine 🔎@NATHANPMYOUNG

I know of no EAs involved in the AI water use disinfo campaign and many pushing strongly against it.

If I were writing about disinformation, I wouldn't also be spreading it.

2:49 PM · May 26, 2026 · 892 Views