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War on druges

2024-04-02 19:34:56.154337+02 by Dan Lyke 3 comments

RT Elda King @eldaking@weirder.earth

Thinking about the Butlerian Jihad.

In the Dune universe, they had a war on computers and must now rely on drugs.

While in our universe, we had a war on drugs and rely on computers.

[ related topics: Drugs Health History ]

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#Comment Re: War on druges made: 2024-04-02 23:23:30.506625+02 by: meuon

If it were really "AI" it's ingest a metriccrapton of data and spit out "WTF?!?" and want to kill us all.

#Comment Re: War on druges made: 2024-04-03 21:49:49.879332+02 by: spc476

I can't wait until AI replaces the C-suite at corporations.

What do you mean that won't happen?

#Comment Re: War on druges made: 2024-04-04 00:14:09.513278+02 by: brainopener

Relevant Twilight Zone!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brain_Center_at_Whipple's

'"The Brain Center at Whipple's" is episode 153 of the American television series The Twilight Zone. It originally aired on May 15, 1964 on CBS.'

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"In the future of 1967, Wallace V. Whipple, owner of a vast Midwestern manufacturing corporation, decides to upgrade his plant to increase output by installing a machine..."

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"The last scene reveals Whipple's replacement to be a robot (Robby the Robot), which swings Whipple's key on a chain the same way he used to."