The registration program, which would include a $10 annual fee, aims to create a database of business owners, building owners, and emergency contact information. “It almost seems like, to me, ‘I got to check in with Big Brother and make sure that I’m doing what they want me to do,’ and that I almost work for them instead of them work for me,” real estate broker Kyle DeLong said.
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.