• nocturne@slrpnk.net
    25·
    4 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
      11·
      3 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
        5·
        2 hours 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
        5·
        2 hours ago

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

    • Derpenheim@lemmy.zip
      8·
      4 hours ago

      Sometimes I genuinely forget what is dune and what is warhammer