“It’s very much a war effort, where it’s all hands on deck,” said Mark Denzler, president and CEO of the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association. In some cases, manufacturers have seen orders slow amid the outbreak, and making equipment to fight the spread of COVID-19 is a way to keep them going.
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.