That seems like too literal of a reading? Dune was very much about current events told through allegory, not a warning for the future.
Techne without episteme, that’s things like corporations, capitalism, technocratic government etc. They don’t run on computers inside humanoid robots, but they’re made out of rules to achieve a goal and reduce humans to tools to enact those rules. Close enough if you’re writing a story.
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
I don’t really fear AI itself … I think it could be very beneficial for our species and our world of used responsibly.
But it’s like monkeys just got handed AK47s and hand grenades … they have no clue what they’ve been given but they know they can use these new things to win all the bananas and get rid of competing monkeys in their way.
We are the monkeys and all we understand is how to use these new tools to more efficiently control, manipulate or kill ourselves so that a few of us can win all the bananas.
I’m not worried about AI … I’m worried about the people who own, control and are guiding the development of AI.