AI can provide many benefits that are benign in terms of impacting what it means to be a human being, yet the push by big tech to create applications – “just because we can” – is creating bigger problem for humanity in terms of reducing freedom, privacy, moral responsibility, jobs. Some of the most used applications like social media with it’s embedded engagement algorithms, are causing harm to young children, polarization and addiction. They propagate fake news and conspiracy theories doing untold damage to society and democracy. The facial recognition algorithms that opens your phone is also used to track citizens, removing freedom and privacy.