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No, there is a in-world reason at least for no drones. Wikipedia: > However, a great reaction against computers has resulted in a ban on any "thinking machine"
by throwaway7356 3y ago
No, there is a in-world reason at least for no drones. Wikipedia:
> However, a great reaction against computers has resulted in a ban on any "thinking machine", with the creation or possession of such punishable by immediate death.
- ethbr1 3y agoFor anyone who wants the short version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YnAs4NpRd8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YnAs4NpRd8 tl;dr - Machine intelligences existed in Dune history, were discovered to be secretly controlling humanity (through abortion under false pretenses, forced sterilization, emotional/social control, and other ways), then were purged and replaced with a religious commandment: "Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind"