Dune's warnings of AI have only been touched upon in Dune: Prophecy, but it's essential to understanding this franchise
Opinion: The spin-off taps into one of the most important cornerstones of Dune's world – and our own
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Warning: This article contains spoilers for Dune: Prophecy episodes 1 and 2.
Set 10,000 years before the era of Paul Atreides, Dune: Prophecy begins in the shadow of the Butlerian Jihad: a massive war between humans and “thinking machines,” which led to the outlawing of AI.
In Dune: Prophecy’s prologue, this war …
