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		notpachet on Dec 15, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Deepmind’s AlphaCode conquers coding, performing a... > A dystopia not unlike the one that led to the "Great Revolt" in the Dune series. I'm glad you brought this up; I've found the term 'Butlerian Jihad' coming increasingly to mind when I read AI threads on HN. It's interesting to think about a future where we potentially put prohibitions on the use of AI for moral reasons. https://dune.fandom.com/wiki/Butlerian_Jihad

lostmsu on Dec 16, 2022 [–]

Just go one step ahead, and realize, that perhaps the most fictitious side of that book is that AI actually lost due to basically magical powers.

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