The city can not figure out whether it’s benefiting the more than 3,000 youth it processes annually or making matters worse, nor whether the $5 million the city spends on it annually is worth it. The Inspector General’s office noted that JISC has no charter, memorandum of understanding, or governing board to establish formal goals and accountability measures.
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.