# Andy Masley

Researcher and writer. TIME100 AI 2026, Thinkers. A former high school physics teacher who built his audience arguing that using ChatGPT is not bad for the environment. ([blog.andymasley.com](https://blog.andymasley.com/about))

- Education: Master's, Secondary science education, Stanford University, 2015; Bachelor's, Physics and philosophy, Clark University, 2014 ([linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/in/andrew-masley), [andymasley.com](https://andymasley.com/))
- Career: AndyMasley.com (Independent Researcher and Writer, 2026 to now); Effective Altruism DC (Director, 2021–2026); Fairfax County Public Schools (Physics Teacher, 2016–2022); Braintree Public Schools (Physics Teacher, 2015–2016) ([linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/in/andrew-masley), [andymasley.com](https://andymasley.com/), [effectivealtruismdc.org](https://www.effectivealtruismdc.org/), [andymasley.com](https://andymasley.com/physics/))
- TIME profile: https://time.com/collection/time100-ai/2026/andy-masley/
- Profile: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/most-influential-people-in-ai/andy-masley

- Taught high school physics for seven years and posted animated IB physics lectures on YouTube. ([andymasley.com](https://andymasley.com/physics/))
- Best known for the viral argument that personal ChatGPT use is not bad for the environment, plus posts like 'The AI water issue is fake.' ([blog.andymasley.com](https://blog.andymasley.com/p/ai-and-the-environment))
- His Substack has more than 10,000 subscribers. ([blog.andymasley.com](https://blog.andymasley.com/about))
- His Atlantic essay on data centers was, in his words, his first big piece in a major magazine. ([theatlantic.com](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/09/data-center-facts-effects/688670/))
- Ran the Effective Altruism DC group for five years before going independent on a one-year grant. ([andymasley.com](https://andymasley.com/))