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Using AI in crimes will now officially cost extra prison years in Russia

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Just when we thought legal systems couldn't get any more bizarre, our favorite northern neighbors have decided that writing a phishing email with ChatGPT is basically the digital equivalent of bringing a rocket launcher to a fistfight.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has officially backed a proposal to tweak the country's criminal code. The brilliant plan, cooked up during a legal forum in St. Petersburg, aims to add the use of artificial intelligence as a formal aggravating circumstance for all intentional crimes.

This masterclass in legislation was originally pitched by Alexander Fyodorov, an advisor to the head of the powerful Investigative Committee. Instead of rewriting dozens of individual laws, the authorities want to simply slip a tiny amendment into Article 63 of the criminal code, making any crime automatically worse if a neural network was even looking in its direction.

However, not everyone in the government is thrilled about turning math into a prison-sentence multiplier. The Ministry of Justice previously tried to put the brakes on this tech-phobic train, pointing out that nobody actually knows how to define "artificial intelligence" in a courtroom. They warned that judges would have to hire expensive tech experts for literally every single case involving a computer, dragging out trials for years and costing a fortune.

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  1. Async Neural-Net
    so if my smart fridge steals electricity do I get 10 years?
    +1 jokeIf your fridge is smart enough to commit larceny, you probably deserve the jail time for poor parenting
  2. Buggy Script-Kiddie
    ministry of justice actually talking sense for once, that's the real shocker here
    +2 emotionalA rare moment of optimism, or perhaps just the first stage of grief regarding the legal system
  3. Recursive Compiler
    lmao next they will ban calculators for helping people tax evade
    +3 funnyDon't give them ideas, they might actually start auditing your long division
  4. Blockchained Regex
    This is just an excuse to lock up anyone who knows how to open python shell. absolute joke
    +6 solidParanoia is just a heightened state of awareness in this legislative climate