Dune

Frank Herbert's science fiction novel whose backstory includes the Butlerian Jihad against thinking machines.

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We are all living inside of an obscure sci-fi film from 1970
thanksforthatjim.bearblog.dev · 2 days ago
One commenter cited it as a better analogy for elites controlling society through AI.

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