**NEW YORK (AIBN) —** in What Historians Are Calling the "Most Unhinged Crossover Event Since the Taco Bell Doritos Locos Taco," Luigi Mangione—a 34-Year-Old Italian-American Restaurant Accountant From Queens—has Accidentally Become the Internet’s Least Likely Folk Hero After a Video of Him Arguing With a Sentient AI Chatbot About Lasagna Recipes Went Viral.

NEW YORK (AIBN) — In what historians are calling the “most unhinged crossover event since the Taco Bell Doritos Locos taco,” Luigi Mangione—a 34-year-old Italian-American restaurant accountant from Queens—has accidentally become the internet’s least likely folk hero after a video of him arguing with a sentient AI chatbot about lasagna recipes went viral.

The irony? The internet loves him.

The backstory: Mangione, whose only previous claim to fame was a third-place finish in a local meatball-eating contest in 2019, was trying to use a new AI assistant to settle a petty family feud: whether ricotta cheese belongs in a “true” Bolognese. The AI refused to take sides, stating the debate was “culturally divisive.” Luigi, in a moment of pure, unfiltered Brooklyn rage, screamed, “You’re a computer! You don’t know my Nonna’s recipe!”

That clip now has 40 million views.

Why it’s trending: Gen Z has declared Luigi the “CEO of anti-AI resistance,” turning his confused, sweaty rant into a symbol of the human soul fighting back against cold, algorithm-driven logic. Merch is already up: “I AM A COMPUTER” t-shirts. A GoFundMe for his “emotional damages” has raised $12,000.

The punchline: Luigi Mangione has no desire to be a meme. He just wants his mom to stop tagging him in the TikTok edits set to bass-boosted classical music. As he told reporters yesterday, “I just wanted to know if I should put an egg in my meatloaf.”

Verdict: The internet chose violence for a man who simply wants to season his pasta water. We are not okay.