“I’m not sure if this isn’t some kind of a power-play to try to get students from the universities into the community or junior colleges, which I think is really anti-productive. The whole idea of having the community or junior college is to provide education for things that communities need,” said state Rep. Paul Jacobs, who serves on the House Appropriations-Higher Education Committee.
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.