The problem with people who use "do your research" as a gotcha is they found publications that agreed with their opinions & stopped there. That's not research, that's seeking affirmation. Research is also finding what does not affirm you & acknowledging that intellectual labour.
As a Third World country, we can’t keep skipping industrialization and jumping straight into digitalization. We cannot be talking about owning our own AI when we don’t have the electricity day to day activities less to talk about a data center