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Warning: This article contains spoilers for Dune: Prophecy episodes 1 and 2.
In Dune: Prophecys prologue, this war looks a lot like Terminators dystopian future.
But in a wider sense the fallout is more complicated, introducing a futuristic civilization that rejects computer technology.
Ynezs father, Emperor Javicco Corrino, reluctantly handwaves this incident so the betrothal can go ahead.
However his loyal soldier Desmond Hart is less forgiving.
“You along with everyone else know the risks of thinking machines,” she tells Pruwets grieving father.
“They’re unpredictable.”
“But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.”
The crucial phrase here is “turned their thinking over to machines.”
This wasnt just a Terminator-style war between humans and AI, it was an existential struggle over human consciousness.
What happens if you dont have a machine?"
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