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Re:The window to deploy surveillance-resistant systems is ru... by philipkglass on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @12:44PM (#30088805)
I don't think that Butlerian Jihad is a solution because, apart from authorial fiat in fiction, groups willing to use intelligent machines will not be ruled over by forces unwilling to use intelligent machines. It's like positing a future where a coalition of crossbow-using armies defeats armies that use rifles and then imposes a comprehensive ban on rifles.
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Re:The window to deploy surveillance-resistant systems is ru... by tokai on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @01:11PM (#30089306)
Tell that to the Taliban.
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Re:The window to deploy surveillance-resistant systems is ru... by philipkglass on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @01:19PM (#30089451)
Resisting foreign occupation is much easier than imposing a foreign occupation of one's own. The Taliban never had a chance of imposing its rule in the United States. The Butlerian Jihad of the Dune universe eliminated intelligent machines everywhere.
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