Artificial Intelligence to Learn Tram Schedules in Liepāja - VDAA Claims Even a Robot Could Be Faster Than Route 5

The State Digital Development Agency has announced that in mid-March, Liepāja will host an Artificial Intelligence Day where public administration employees will be able to watch a live stream of a Riga conference in person. Yes, you read that right - in Liepāja we'll get to watch people in Riga talk about technology. It's almost as thrilling as watching someone else eat cake.

Event organizers claim that artificial intelligence will help public administration work faster and more precisely. "Our officials are already so fast that document coordination takes only 3-4 months," comments one anonymous Liepāja City Council employee. "With artificial intelligence, we might achieve the same result in 2.5 months!"

The most essential part of the event will be the workshop "Create Your Own Mobile App Without Programming." Liepāja residents are already fantasizing about possible apps: "Tram Delay Calculator," "Karosta GPS Navigation Without Getting Lost Among Old Barracks," and the most popular - "Where's the Nearest Café with warm coffee." One participant admits: "I hope to create an app that predicts how many minutes Route 5 tram will be late. Surely artificial intelligence will be as smart as our conductor Jānis."

VDAA Director Valdis Pusvācietis emphasizes that artificial intelligence is not a future issue. In Liepāja we agree - our trams have been operating with such primitive logic for years that any robot would be an improvement. Meanwhile, municipal employees are preparing for the event by reading instructions on how to turn on a computer.