Jaswant Singh Chail was sentenced to prison for 9 years for attempting to assassinate the Queen after discussing the plan with an AI companion.

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.

  • @qooqie@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9•1 year ago

    Hopefully during those 9 years he’ll get the mental health treatment he needs. Kid sounds like he has some deep psychiatric issues that have been untreated for a very long time.

    • @valek879@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      5•1 year ago

      At the end of the article it says he’s being held at a mental hospital until he is well enough to serve his sentence.

      Fuuck.

      I get it but this reads as:

      Be mentally unwell Get seduced by chatbot to commit treason Get caught receive the help you need to be a stable human Spend 9 years in prison Get released as a mentally unwell individual