Tag: Dune
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From Butlerian Jihad to GPT-4: Are We Rewriting Dune’s Cautionary Tale?
In Frank Herbert’s seminal science fiction epic Dune, the backdrop of galactic politics, mysticism, and ecological struggle is haunted by the shadow of an ancient war: the Butlerian Jihad. Thousands of years before the events of the novel, humanity waged a ferocious battle against intelligent machines—sentient computers and AI systems that had, in Herbert’s vision,…