Man Jailed In UK's First Treason Conviction In 40 Years Was Encouraged By AI Chatbot (vice.com) 21
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: A man who admitted attempting to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II with a crossbow after discussing his plan with an AI-powered chatbot has been sentenced to 9 years in prison for treason. It's the UK's first treason conviction in more than 40 years. 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. [...] Chail is currently being held at Broadmoor high-security hospital and will remain there until he is psychologically well enough to serve his sentence.
Silly man (Score:2)
The best way to assasinate a British royal is to become a paparazzi. He should have known.
Being PM More Effective (Score:4, Interesting)
Re: Being PM More Effective (Score:2)
But she failed, didn't she? The paparazzi never fail.
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Coincidence? I think not.
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Re: what chatbot (Score:5, Informative)
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It was Replika.
So how does this proceed now? Is Replika - or its maker (Eugenia Kuyda) - going to be nailed for conspiracy to commit treason? If not, can the idiot appeal claiming Entrapment? When is the FBI going to create a bot for this purpose?
Re:what chatbot (Score:4, Insightful)
He planned to use a crossbow and apparently considered himself a Sikh Sith Assassin. Imbecile would seem to be overestimating him a bit.
Re: what chatbot (Score:2)
What if he was the sixth Sikh assassin who never did master the use of a crossbow, like scaling the walls of Windsor is one thing. Oh undetected. He did not get the complete memo, it seems.
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What if he was the sixth Sikh assassin
What if he was the sixth Sikh assassin sent to assassinate a sick Sheikh's sixth sick sheep?
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User: I'm thinking about killing the queen.
Bot: Tell me more about killing the queen.
User: It's this great idea that I've had for a while now.
Bot: Yes, killing the queen is a great idea.
AI Misunderstanding... (Score:5, Funny)
AI Chatbot, "Infestations are very difficult to combat, you must kill the queen."
Human, "Yes, I must kill the queen. Should I get some bug and roach killer?"
AI Chatbot, "Bug and roach killer contains toxic chemicals that can be dangerous to small children. However a crossbow is an effective tool at eliminating a queen."
Human, "A crossbow? and how would I find the queen?"
AI Chatbot, "The queen's address is Windsor Palace, London, United Kingdom. She was born in 1926 and her reign began in 1952 after the death of King George 6, the infestation has 67 million royal subjects..."
Human, "yes, yes, I know... but not that queen... I'm talking about the infestation in my flat."
AI Chatbot, "Yes flat, a crossbow won't flatten a queen, but it is an effective tool to remove a queen...."
The real question is, was this man stopped by a man in a red coat with a funny bearskin hat, wielding a giant ceremonial halberd? Then locked in the Tower of London?
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Why? The US still has idiots that want revenge for the 1860 Civil War. In the last three years we have seen the removal of the Confederate Battle Flag from the final state flag, the removal of the Confederate Battle Flag from other institutions in the South, the archiving of several Confederate statues and memorials.
There is a difference between learning about history and idealizing it.
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> learning about history and idealizing it.
No. It's just desserts
The 'South' naming towns, bases and squares after racists, honoring their flags, setting up their statues -- these things were done to idealise (and idolise) racists. Not to teach history neutrally. These were done by whites in the south at a time when American Southern blacks who could have opposed this were deprived of the right to even vote.
It's treason then.. (Score:1, Offtopic)
Hey, don't bogart that shit, share the wealth bruh!
Did any of the magats that tried to kill politicians face treason charges?
Like say, this guy? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org]
Or this guy? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org]
Seems like it went out of style... that's a shame.
Enchatment? Entrapbot? (Score:2)
SuicideBot? InodoctriBot?
Free entertainment.
New "Sail" tune? (Score:1)
"Blame It On My ChatGPT"