Warning, any fans of Frank Herbert's Dune novels may
find the link below distressing.
http://www.wordfire.com/abstracts/dunebj1.html
It appears that Brian Herbert and his illiterate
friend have decided to cash in on his fathers name yet
again. This time they are trying to turn the
Butlerian Jihad (alluded to in the original novels)
into a Terminator rip-off.
I found Frank Herbert's books always made the
Butlerian Jihad to be a war between people opposed to
"thinking machines" (not "killer robots") and people
who favoured using those machines.
Some actual quotes from the Dune novels.
man's mind,' " Paul
quoted.
"Right out of the Butlerian Jihad and the Orange
Catholic Bible," she said.
"But what the O.C. Bible should've said is: 'Thou
shalt not make a machine
to counterfeit a human mind.' Have you studied the
Mentat in your service?"
"I've studied with Thufir Hawat."
"The Great Revolt took away a crutch," she said. "It
forced human minds to
develop. Schools were started to train human talents.
"
***
Then came the Butlerian Jihad -- two generations of
chaos. The god of
machine-logic was overthrown among the masses and a
new concept was raised:
"Man may not be replaced."
Those two generations of violence were a thalamic
pause for all humankind.
Men looked at their gods and their rituals and saw
that both were filled
with that most terrible of all equations: fear over
ambition.
***
JIHAD, BUTLERIAN: (see also Great Revolt) -- the
crusade against computers,
thinking machines, and conscious robots begun in 201
B.G. and concluded in
108 B.G. Its chief commandment remains in the O.C.
Bible as "Thou shalt not
make a machine in the likeness of a human mind."
***
from most of the universe, computers had inspired
distrust.
***
Eleven lights in the fencing prisms! That brainless
automaton loomed in his
mind with all the aspects of an ancient horror
creature. Its possession was
the shibboleth of this age, but it carried also the
taint of old immorality.
Once, they'd been guided by an artificial
intelligence, computer brains. The
Butlerian Jihad had ended that, but it hadn't ended
the aura of aristocratic
vice which enclosed such things.
***
the mechanical devices
destroyed by the Butlerian Jihad.
***
them off, thinking:
Jihads create armies. The Butlerian Jihad tried to rid
our universe of
machines which simulate the mind of man.
***
Moneo brought a tiny memocorder from his pocket, a
dull black Ixian artifact
whose existence crowded the proscriptions of the
Butlerian Jihad.
***
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find the link below distressing.
http://www.wordfire.com/abstracts/dunebj1.html
It appears that Brian Herbert and his illiterate
friend have decided to cash in on his fathers name yet
again. This time they are trying to turn the
Butlerian Jihad (alluded to in the original novels)
into a Terminator rip-off.
I found Frank Herbert's books always made the
Butlerian Jihad to be a war between people opposed to
"thinking machines" (not "killer robots") and people
who favoured using those machines.
Some actual quotes from the Dune novels.
From Dune:
" 'Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of aman's mind,' " Paul
quoted.
"Right out of the Butlerian Jihad and the Orange
Catholic Bible," she said.
"But what the O.C. Bible should've said is: 'Thou
shalt not make a machine
to counterfeit a human mind.' Have you studied the
Mentat in your service?"
"I've studied with Thufir Hawat."
"The Great Revolt took away a crutch," she said. "It
forced human minds to
develop. Schools were started to train human talents.
"
***
Then came the Butlerian Jihad -- two generations of
chaos. The god of
machine-logic was overthrown among the masses and a
new concept was raised:
"Man may not be replaced."
Those two generations of violence were a thalamic
pause for all humankind.
Men looked at their gods and their rituals and saw
that both were filled
with that most terrible of all equations: fear over
ambition.
***
JIHAD, BUTLERIAN: (see also Great Revolt) -- the
crusade against computers,
thinking machines, and conscious robots begun in 201
B.G. and concluded in
108 B.G. Its chief commandment remains in the O.C.
Bible as "Thou shalt not
make a machine in the likeness of a human mind."
***
From Dune Messiah:
From the days of the Butlerian Jihad when "thinking
machines" had been wipedFrom the days of the Butlerian Jihad when "thinking
from most of the universe, computers had inspired
distrust.
***
Eleven lights in the fencing prisms! That brainless
automaton loomed in his
mind with all the aspects of an ancient horror
creature. Its possession was
the shibboleth of this age, but it carried also the
taint of old immorality.
Once, they'd been guided by an artificial
intelligence, computer brains. The
Butlerian Jihad had ended that, but it hadn't ended
the aura of aristocratic
vice which enclosed such things.
***
From Children of Dune:
Mentats were necessary. The human-computer replacedthe mechanical devices
destroyed by the Butlerian Jihad.
***
From GEOD:
The hordes within wanted to argue, but [Leto] shutthem off, thinking:
Jihads create armies. The Butlerian Jihad tried to rid
our universe of
machines which simulate the mind of man.
***
Moneo brought a tiny memocorder from his pocket, a
dull black Ixian artifact
whose existence crowded the proscriptions of the
Butlerian Jihad.
***
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