[3pt14159]

Eh, there is a difference between the examples you've sited and Costa Rica. They're an ally of the US and a strong democracy focussed on tourism.

> The logical extreme of this is Death Note

I don't really deal with logical extremes. It leads to weird philosophies like Objectivism or Stalinism. In international relations terms, I'm a liberal with a dash of realism and constructivism. I don't live in my ideal world. My ideal world doesn't have torture or murder or war of any kind. It doesn't have extreme wealth inequality or poverty. Unless this is all merely a simulation, I live in the real world. Who has the power to kill people? Lots of people. Everyone driving a car or carrying a gun. Billions of people. It's a matter of degree and targeting and justification and blow-back and economics and ethics and so many other things that it's not really sensible to talk about it.

I'm familiar with the arguments against AI being used on the battlefield, but even though I abhor war, I'm not convinced that there should be a ban.