Podcast: Artificial intelligence and county government
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Shinica Thomas, a Wake County, N.C. commissioner and a member of NACo's AI Exploratory Committee, talks about her process for learning about artificial intelligence, its limits and challenges and some applications for use in county government.
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AI County Compass: A Comprehensive Toolkit for Local Governance and Implementation of Artificial Intelligence

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