"Though Chicago is ranked among the richest cities in the world, more than 39% of its residents qualify as low-income. Though the city is home to more Fortune 500 company headquarters than almost any other American city, one in four of our children live in poverty. That is why Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s Guaranteed Income Pilot Program, which she unveiled in her 2022 proposed budget, is so critical."
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.