The issue of corruption involving ministers and civil servants is a pandemic that has not yet been successfully eradicated. In Malaysia, a former Prime Minister is already in prison and several others are awaiting trial for corruption involving tens of billions of Ringgit.
Albania is a Balkan country that is also struggling with corruption issues involving government agencies. Yesterday, Albania appointed Delia, an AI chatbot, as a cabinet minister with the specific purpose of fighting corruption in the awarding of government contracts.
Delia, which means sun, is the first non-human cabinet minister in Albania and the world. Because she is not a human, she cannot accept bribes, be praised, lobbied, seduced or threatened to award government contracts to certain individuals.
This is a drastic and quite interesting action. Previously, the Swedish Prime Minister was criticized by the people after admitting to using ChatGPT to land ideas on policies that his administration can use.
With Malaysia wanting to become a country towards AI under the 13th RMK, maybe we can also try appointing a chatbot as a minister. No need to pay allowances, buy official vehicles and pay for convoys when on the road.