Chicago Public Schools on Wednesday will seek permission to spend up to $75 million to address and maintain “critical services” during the ongoing pandemic. But that request and the rest of the board’s monthly meeting will be heard online rather than in person. And the number of public participants allowed to actually speak at the meeting will be drastically reduced, down from 60 speakers over a total of two hours, to 15 speakers over 30 minutes.
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.