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Tanagrabelle t1_j2724iu wrote

Reply to comment by bigwebs in The 1984 Dune film makes a lot more sense if The Spice is referred to as Space Cocaine instead. by neoengel

Heck, without the spice they might have to... build computers. You'd think they'd know that you can bleeping have computers without making AI. Especially the BG, who have memories that go way back.

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Rough_Dan t1_j27t3ek wrote

All thinking machines were outlawed, not just AI, even calculators are forbidden, hence the need for mentats

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Tanagrabelle t1_j27ymtn wrote

Ah, that's right! Leto II got away with quite a lot, didn't he, with his thought-dictation. And they really trapped themselves with that overabundance of restrictions. Or rather, they trapped everyone else.

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