Dune: Prophecy
WARNING: SPOILERS ahead for Dune: Prophecy.
The war against the thinking machines united the Great Houses against a common foe.
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The machines were driven by artificial intelligence and ultimately became a hindrance to the development of humankind.
The point of the war against the thinking machines is summed up in Frank Herbert’sDunenovel.
“Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free.
But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.
The impact of the wars against the Thinking Machines changed the inner workings of society.
There were casualties on planetary levels, and that does something to individual psyches.
Set in the universe of Frank Herbert’s Dune series, Dune: Prophecy, a sci-fi epic, follows the political and spiritual struggles on the desert planet of Arrakis. As factions vie for control of the prized spice melange, a prophesied hero emerges, challenging the balance of power and the fate of the galaxy.
They were incredibly smart and powerful computers that humankind had become dependent on, which made them wildly dangerous.
Herbert wasn’t exactly clear about what the Thinking Machines looked like in his original canon novels.
The destruction of the Thinking Machines sparked the creation of people known as Mentats, or human computers.
The war against the Thinking Machines provides a crucial context for the world ofDune: Prophecy.
