Titled Dune: Part 3 and reportedly in production already, it’s expected that Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya will reprise their ...

The Butlerian Jihad kicks off a trilogy of books written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, the earliest in the timeline. Let's skip ahead to the next volume: ...

Some fans think it’s a direct reference to the Dune universe’s AI apocalypse, the Butlerian Jihad. In Dune lore, that event wiped out thinking machines and triggered a human evolution that ...

But this is a world where Meta is willing to make a $14bn acqui-hire of an AI CEO with good connections but uncertain technical prowess, and a small Nvidia-dependent, highly leveraged cloud computing ...

Set 100 years after the events at the beginning of The Butlerian Jihad, the book finds Ominus' plan for universal domination moving ever closer to success.

And I will see you on the front lines of the Butlerian Jihad soon enough. Kokotajlo: Hopefully not. I hope I’m very wrong. Douthat: All right. Thanks so much. Kokotajlo: Thank you. Thoughts?

Remember: everyone in the Dune unverise is living in the shadow of the Butlerian Jihad, where humanity only barely beat back the existential threat of thinking machines.

I would suggest another reference: Erewhon, the novel by Samuel Butler. Indeed, it appears author Frank Herbert may have been referring to it with his prequel Dune: The Butlerian Jihad ”.

Butlerian Jihad: What a 19th-century sheep farmer predicted about AI 22:30 January 24, 2025 Ben Brock Johnson Amory Sivertson Emily Jankowski Grace Tatter ...

Frank Herbert's Dune novels featured the "Butlerian Jihad," a crusade against thinking machines, possibly inspired by Butler's warnings.

Valya has always sought power to restore her family’s honor and influence, which was humiliated after the Butlerian Jihad. In addition, expanding the Bene Gesserit’s influence could guarantee ...