Post #3017998
2026-01-11 05:03 UTC
@solonovamax@tech.lgbt "Our opinion is that war to the death should be instantly proclaimed against them. Every machine of every sort should be destroyed by the well-wisher of his species. Let there be no exceptions made, no quarter shown; let us at once go back to the primeval condition of the race. If it be urged that this is impossible under the present condition of human affairs, this at once proves that the mischief is already done, that our servitude has commenced in good earnest, that we have raised a race of beings whom it is beyond our power to destroy, and that we are not only enslaved but are absolutely acquiescent in our bondage." - "Darwin among the Machines" (Samuel Butler, 1863)
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@Wlm@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-01-11 09:06
@ids1024@mathstodon.xyz @solonovamax@tech.lgbt TIL; I thought Dune’s Butlerian Jihad was named after Rosie from the Jetsons and other robo-butlers 😁.
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@alexshendi@rollenspiel.social 2026-01-11 09:49
@ids1024@mathstodon.xyz @solonovamax@tech.lgbt Oh, I thought that it was a decree of King Ludd.