At an unrelated news conference before the bill was pulled, Secretary of State and State Librarian Alexi Giannoulias said if people make threats against a library, the protections that are currently given to schools should also apply to libraries. “I’m baffled that there's pushback on this and I am disheartened by it."
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.