Earlier this year, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama stunned the world (and the rest of his government) by announcing that there would be a new minister in charge of appropriations. The new minister, named Diella, was also not actually a person, but an AI.

While this was pitched as a way to eliminate corruption, critics were quick to point out that “circumventing government officials by leaving the government in the hands of an AI that *you* programmed” is not only hilariously opaque, but also, you know, kinda corrupt.

Still, Rama says he’s pushing forward with more AI in government. In a recent announcement, the AI declared that it was “pregnant” with 83 AI “children,” which will soon assume roles in the government.

I don’t think that’s how pregnancy or democracy works, but go off, I guess.