Afterword: Technology’s Thoughts on Technology: An Interview with ChatGPT-4.0

As we conclude this volume and look to the future of technology and government, I thought it is imperative to add an Afterword to obtain a different perspective – from someone other than an academic or policy practitioner – on the current culture of government as it relates to technology as well as a look ahead at some of the opportunities and future implications of technology in the government space. The challenge was who would write it. Whose vision was both singular and all encompassing? Who could fluently and competently speak to the countless complexities and subtexts of the multitude of intersections – past, present, and future – of technology and government?