The Bot Will See You Now

An AI-generated government “minister” made its debut with an address in the Albanian parliament on Thursday, with Prime Minister Edi Rama presenting the bot as a symbol of his government’s push for transparency and innovation.

The government said the bot — named Diella, which means sun in Albanian, and depicted as a woman in traditional Albanian dress — will help tackle corruption in public spending. But opposition lawmakers were highly critical, and believe the program is a way for the government to hide graft.

— “Albania’s AI ‘minister’ makes its debut with an address to parliament,” Associated Press


Discover more from Fluid Imagination

Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.

Share the Post:

Latest Posts

Project Semiquincentennial: 168 Stories From My Family Tree

This is 168 stories, one per year from 1776 to 1943. Every person in them was real. Most of them you’ve never heard of: fishermen and farmers, shoemakers and mill workers, people who crossed oceans and some who never left their town. They are the people who made [my] four grandparents.

Read More