{"id":78375,"date":"2025-09-24T00:33:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T04:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world.edu\/?p=78375"},"modified":"2025-09-24T00:33:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T04:33:30","slug":"diella-albanias-first-artificial-minister-the-trap-of-feminizing-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.edu\/diella-albanias-first-artificial-minister-the-trap-of-feminizing-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Diella, Albania’s first artificial minister: the trap of feminizing AI"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For the first time in history, artificial intelligence has entered a government in Albania. Beyond questions about the role of AI in public decision-making, Diella’s appointment as minister responsible for public procurement raises questions about the almost systematic feminization of AI avatars. This deceptive practice, which perpetuates gender stereotypes, perpetuates the objectification of women and facilitates manipulation.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Albanian government has surprised everyone by appointing\u00a0<\/span>Diella, an artificial intelligence (AI), as Minister of Public Procurement<\/span><\/a>\u00a0. Presented as an asset in the fight against corruption, Diella would be responsible for analyzing tenders, identifying conflicts of interest, and ensuring the impartiality of public decisions.<\/span><\/p>\n

This unprecedented initiative marks a historic milestone. For the first time, an AI has officially entered a government, in this case, in the guise of a female digital avatar. But beyond the media hype and the ethical questions this appointment may raise\u2014can we really govern with an AI?\u2014it raises fundamental questions about the almost systematic feminization of AI agents.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why is Diella an artificial woman? And what are the implications of this feminization of AI?<\/span><\/p>\n

Diella: a problematic case study<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

AI has already been used as a tool of governance. Some cities, for example, use\u00a0<\/span>algorithms<\/span><\/a>\u00a0to optimize\u00a0<\/span>transportation<\/span><\/a>\u00a0or detect\u00a0<\/span>fraud<\/span><\/a>\u00a0. But by appointing an AI minister, Albania is taking a major symbolic step: more than a tool, she becomes a public female figure, meant to embody values \u200b\u200bof transparency and justice.<\/span><\/p>\n

The promise is seductive: even if an AI can reproduce or amplify the biases of those who programmed it, a machine cannot, in theory, accept bribes or favor relatives. It appears to offer a guarantee of impartiality in a country where\u00a0<\/span>corruption scandals<\/span><\/a>\u00a0taint political life. Albania is, in fact, ranked 80th\u00a0<\/span>out<\/span><\/sup>\u00a0\u00a0of 180 countries in the Corruption Perceptions Index, according to\u00a0<\/span>Transparency International<\/span><\/a>\u00a0.<\/span><\/p>\n

But this vision obscures a central problem: the ethical consequences of the feminization of AI are far from trivial.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why are AIs almost always female?<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

Since Siri (Apple), Alexa (Amazon), Cortana (Microsoft) and Sophia, the first robot to obtain\u00a0<\/span>Saudi nationality in 2017<\/span><\/a>\u00a0, most virtual assistants and intelligent robots have been given a female voice, face, body or first name. This is no coincidence.<\/span><\/p>\n