Chat Instead of Parliament: How Nepalese Schoolchildren Run the Country Through Discord and ChatGPT (5 photos + 2 videos)
Nepal is in a complete mess. A messenger chat has become the center of the country's politics. The largest server, with hundreds of thousands of members, now decides who will be at the helm. This is no joke, but reality: young anti-corruption protesters have overthrown the government and are now electing a leader directly in an online chat room. 
As it turns out, ChatGPT heavily influenced the selection of Nepal's interim prime minister: the chatbot processed nearly a hundred thousand requests to select the ideal candidate, which coincided with the Discord elections held in Nepal yesterday.
The neural network produced a list:
✔️ Sagar Dhakal – an Oxford-educated engineer;
✔️ Sumana Shrestha – former education minister;
✔️ Balen Shah – rapper and mayor of Kathmandu;
✔️ Sushila Karki – former chief justice of Nepal.
In a comparative analysis, ChatGPT noted that Sushila Karki was a safer choice for the transition period, as she engenders trust among various groups. Ultimately, the protesters chose her to lead the interim government. 
The server administrators have already held talks with the military and nominated a candidate for interim leadership – former Chief Justice Sushila Karki, 73. This experienced woman received the most votes in an impromptu poll. The absurdity is that the admins are full of schoolchildren, some of whom only graduated this year. And now these youngsters are moderating the fate of the nation.
Discussions on the server are pure chaos. Freedom of speech turns the chat into a stream of messages where ideas mingle with memes and arguments. The country's largest media outlets cite these debates as official statements. Imagine newspaper headlines quoting teenage chats. Moderators simultaneously fend off trolls, calls for violence, and even foreign users offering advice.
It all started with protests over corruption and bans on social media, so kids switched to this messenger, where they can anonymously coordinate their actions. One server with 145,000 users has become a platform for debates about the future.
In short, here's a quick summary of their entire mess:
— The ban on social media has been lifted;
— The Prime Minister has resigned;
— Parliament has been dissolved;
— The following were burned: the presidential residence, parliament, administrative complex, politicians' homes, and luxury hotels;
— The death toll is 51;
— More than 1,300 people were injured;
— 12,500 prisoners escaped;
— Discord became a temporary parliament;
— ChatGPT chose a new leader.
Where to look? In Albania, they've already installed an AI-powered minister in power, and in Nepal, it looks like they'll soon transfer power from a server to a neural network.
