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Against Artificial Intelligence and Data Centers, As They Are Now Every decision we make has to be a “net good”. How do we travel to/from work, errands? What do we eat? What do we wear? We make all of those choices, consciously or not, after weighing a variety of factors. Our choices are our conclusions that those options were better than other options. The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) must meet that same goal, that it’s a “net good”. It’s not. AI claims to Do tasks better.  But AI has made mistakes, sometimes serious ones. “An AI chatbot set up to help small firms quickly obtain advice on the legal obligations and regulations businesses have to adhere to in New York starts telling business owners to break the law.” “Approximately  90% of AI startups fail  within their first year of operation.” Too few ambitious entrepreneurs recognize that AI is simply a tool, no different from Microsoft Office, and any proposed business or project using it is subject ...