Sanity of Man Who Flirted With AI Chatbot Before Threatening Queen With Crossbow Under Spotlight

Star Wars fan was told by chatbot Sarai his plan to attack the monarch was 'wise'

An image of Jaswail Singh Chail (L) - who had been wearing a mask (R) - after his arrest in the grounds of Windsor Castle in Windsor, England, on Dec. 25, 2021. Metropolitan Police

LONDON—A psychiatrist has told a court hearing a Star Wars fan who described himself as a “sad, pathetic, murderous Sikh Sith assassin” and shared sexually explicit messages with an artificial intelligence chatbot before entering the grounds of Windsor Castle armed with a loaded crossbow was psychotic.

Referring to a journal written by Jaswant Singh Chail, 21, Dr. Jonathan Hafferty, who works at Broadmoor secure hospital, said: “This is not a document of a rational mind. It is not someone thinking rationally.”