Mazhilis deputy Yekaterina Smyshlyaeva has ruled out the possibility of appointing artificial intelligence (AI) to government positions.
According to the Telegram channel "Sputnik Kazakhstan", she stated that current legislation does not allow for such a scenario.
"No, it's impossible. I am speaking now from a legal point of view: artificial intelligence does not possess legal personality. No jurisdiction in the world has made it a legal subject today. Accordingly, for it to perform responsible functions and participate in public relations, this entity must possess legal personality. AI does not have it. The final decision will always rest with a human — because they possess legal personality," Smyshlyaeva noted.
Meanwhile, experiments with the formal appointment of AI to administrative roles are already taking place worldwide. For instance, in Albania in September, a system named Diella was presented as the Minister for Artificial Intelligence — it oversees electronic government procurement.
And in Abu Dhabi, at the GITEX 2025 exhibition, they showcased TAMM AutoGov — the first digital civil servant capable of performing routine administrative functions, including renewing driving licences and paying bills.
Both projects, as experts note, are more demonstrative in nature: the artificial intelligence operates under full human control and does not make decisions independently.
For context, earlier the Samruk-Kazyna fund presented to the President, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the neural network SKAI (Samruk-Kazyna Artificial Intelligence), which became the first digital independent board member with voting rights in the region. The presentation took place in Astana as part of the Digital Bridge international forum.