In fiscal year 2018, there were around 150 determination requests. In the first fiscal year of the Pritzker administration, around 200 requests were made with around 250 in fiscal year 2021. That number increased again for fiscal year 2022 to nearly 300. Of 291 determination notifications in fiscal 2022, around four, or 1.4% of the total, were restricted determinations.
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.