In 2023 in the U.K., when 21-year-old Jaswant Singh Chail was sentenced for treason having attempted to kill the late Queen, the prosecutor read out reams of conversations he had had with his AI “girlfriend,” Sarai, about his plans. Sarai was not neutral, rather, when he told her “I’m an assassin,” she replied “I’m impressed.” Chail was sentenced to nine years in prison and detained in a psychiatric institution. Sarai got off scot-free, but if she had been a real girl, she might have found herself on trial for encouraging or assisting Chail’s crimes.







