“We have a ton of kids that are sitting on a wait list, sitting at home on pins and needles and want to come to camp; they’re dying to come to camp,” said Bobby Thomas, executive director of several YMCA camps in Chicagoland. “I know that kid’s going to potentially miss out on an overnight summer camp experience because we can’t find enough staff.”
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.