Perspectives On AI From The North Dakota Chief Data Officer

North Dakota is not often one of the states in the United States that is considered to be foremost for technology adoption, but the state's thought leadership in a wide range of technology areas shouldn't be underestimated. After all, the current Governor of North Dakota, Doug Burgum, was not only president of Billion-dollar tech company Great Plains, which was acquired by Microsoft, but also he was the head of Microsoft Business Solutions, chairman of the board for Atlassian, and on the board of SuccessFactors, and co-founder of Arthur Ventures. It should come as little surprise, then, that North Dakota has been very forward thinking in their use of data, automation, and AI. In a recent AI in Government event North Dakota's Chief Data Officer Dorman Bazzell shared how states are approaching technologies such as automation and advanced data analytics, as well as how AI plays an increasing role in local government. He provides more detail in a recent interview on the AI Today podcast and he shares insights in this follow up interview here on Forbes.