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Man Jailed In UK’s First Treason Conviction In 40 Years Was Encouraged by AI Chatbot::Jaswant Singh Chail was sentenced to prison for 9 years for attempting to assassinate the Queen after discussing the plan with an AI companion.

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[-] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 15 points 11 months ago

Jaswant Singh Chail, who was 19 at the time of his arrest on Christmas Day, 2021, scaled the walls of Windsor Castle’s grounds with a mask and a loaded high-power crossbow. He said his intent was, as a British Sikh, to assassinate the Queen in a Star Wars-inspired plan to avenge the 1919 Jallianwalla Bagh massacre, a colonial-era atrocity during British rule in India. Prosecutors said that Chail was encouraged to undertake this plot after discussing it at length with an AI-powered chatbot that egged him on and bolstered his resolve.

So he actually wasn't late and he wanted to snipe her with a x-bow. On X-mas. I'm struggling to imagine what could've happened if he succeeded and we woke up to these headlines.

[-] pewnit@lemmings.world 10 points 11 months ago

avenge the 1919 Jallianwalla Bagh massacre

Bruhhhh ain't no way. She was literally not alive for it.

[-] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 7 points 11 months ago

It could've been mentioned in his sex chat, maybe? Yeah, it's BS. But he had an episode, so no logic applies.

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