Inform and seek feedback from unions, skilled trades and the broader workforce The full report and toolkit is available on the NACo AI Compass and Resource Hub AI County Compass A Comprehensive Toolkit for Local Governance and Implementation of GenAI • 5 Myth-busting The unprecedented growth of GenAI has led to many • GenAI tools will return the same answer every myths, mixing up facts and false i. [...] AI County Compass A Comprehensive Toolkit for Local Governance and Implementation of GenAI • 9 Introduction to GenAI and Its Relevance to Local Governance To conceptualize the impact of AI and GenAI on county governments, the committee developed a set of definitions to establish an initial framework for investigation. [...] Promote Policy Models: The Policy Workgroup The Policy Workgroup explored the implications for regulating, monitoring, guarding and promoting the use and application of AI and GenAI in county governance and operations as well as across various sectors in the broader economy. [...] • Bias and fairness • Intellectual property (IP) • Data protection and privacy These recommendations highlight the • Contractual commitments and obligations, and importance of security and authenticity when implementing GenAI tools and the • Areas of permissible and non-permissible use results. [...] 26 • AI County Compass A Comprehensive Toolkit for Local Governance and Implementation of GenAI Prepare the Workforce: The Workforce Workgroup The AI Workforce Workgroup assessed opportunities for the future of promoting employee skills and exploring opportunities for upskilling the county workforce to integrate AI in a productive and non-disruptive manner.
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Table of Contents
- Executive Summary 3
- Letter from the Co-Chairs 5
- The Rise of Artificial Intelligence 6
- Executive Summary 6
- Executive Summary Work Group Recommendations 7
- Myth-busting 8
- Benefits of GenAI 9
- Challenges of GenAI 9
- Opportunities for Counties 9
- Landscape Analysis 9
- Personal Life 10
- Work Life 10
- NACo Artificial Intelligence Exploratory Committee Survey 10
- How are counties currently interacting with AI and GenAI 10
- Overview 11
- Introduction to GenAI and Its Relevance to Local Governance 13
- Understanding Artificial Intelligence vs. Generative Artificial Intelligence 13
- Guiding Principles 14
- Workgroup Recommendations Preparing for GenAI 16
- Promote Policy Models The Policy Workgroup 16
- Establish An Ethical Framework The Ethics Workgroup 20
- GenAI 20
- Enable Responsible Applications The Applications Workgroup 24
- Prepare the Workforce The Workforce Workgroup 30
- A Path Forward 32
- Roadmap to Implementing GenAI Solutions 32
- Next Steps 32
- Conclusions 33
- Lessons Learned 33
- Looking to the Future 34
- What will the future hold for GenAI 34
- Acknowledgements 35
- CO-CHAIRS 36
- COMMITTEE MEMBERS 36
- NACo AI Exploratory Committee Members 36
- Acknowledgements 36
- FOUNDING PARTNERS 37
- NACO STAFF 37
- Founding Partners and NACo staff 37
- NACo Childrens Book A Real Example 37
- Workgroup Members 38
- Friends of the Committee 38
- Founding Corporate Partners 38
- Appendix 39
- Appendix A 40
- Answers to the Myths Glossary of AI Terms and Concepts 40
- Appendix B 41
- Glossary of AI Terms and Concepts 41
