• nocturne@slrpnk.net
    22·
    3 hours ago

    Dune: the very concept of a sentient machine became abhorrent to humanity and they were obliterated by the Butlerian Jihad.

    • teft@piefed.socialEnglish
      9·
      2 hours ago

      the very concept of a sentient machine

      Of a thinking machine, period. Doesn’t need sentience. It’s why they use mentats/guild navigators instead of calculators and databases.

      • FrChazzz@lemmus.orgEnglish
        2·
        15 minutes ago

        They hated thinking machines so much they turned humans into machines that… think… for them… guys, I may have learned a new thing about Dune!

      • nocturne@slrpnk.net
        4·
        57 minutes ago

        You are correct, I lifted that directly from the dune wiki.

    • Derpenheim@lemmy.zip
      6·
      2 hours ago

      Sometimes I genuinely forget what is dune and what is warhammer

  • Reznik@lemmy.zip
    4·
    2 hours ago

    Shadowrun: That thing that took the renraku arc and then destroyed the matrix as we knew it? Well… there is a golden dragon owning one of the most powerful megacorps of this world. Pick your poison, I guess.

    • GreenBeard@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      36 minutes ago

      I love Shadowrun. Sure, it’s still a grim dark dystopia where megacorps and their puppet states are grinding mankind into paste with senseless war, murder, destruction and debauchery, rogue AIs are devastating us while tech industries keep us pacified with digital drugs and bigotry is keeping us weak and divided, but at least there’s actual elves and dragons and stuff.