It’s now been more than five years since City Council signed off on two multi-billion dollar plans to transform areas of the city along the Chicago River and more than three years since they signed off on finally redeveloping the former Michael Reese hospital site that was once considered part of the city’s failed Olympic bid.
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.