"I'm watching other industries have these same conversations with their workforces," said board member Buffy Lael-Wolf. "It reminded me we should have those conversations with our workforce (and others) who have never been asked that question before, where do you see wasteful spending? I think the little things add up over time. We all know that in our personal budgets."
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.