“My reaction is no technology is perfect,” Ald. Chris Taliaferro said. “No one ever claimed ShotSpotter will catch 100 percent of the shots fired. Cars break down, computers break down, watches break, every form of technology known to man actually breaks at some point and is not 100 percent. I believe the technology fulfills what it’s meant to do and that's to detect gunfire.”
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.
SpotShotter does do what it’s supposed to. Unfortunately, some folks in community, Playa, Foxx and Kwame don’t want that.