  > Would it be an affirmative defense if we had a defendant who said [...]

Maybe replace it with playing a sort of FPS game then learning you were, in fact, directing a real drone/robot.

▲ zhengyi13 4 hours ago | parent [-]

I think you just recapitulated the plot of Ender's Game.

	▲	_neil 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Also a subplot in Arrested Development and the movie Toys.