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Re:Backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to SSH server com... by throwaway7356 on Saturday March 30, 2024 @12:41PM (#39876385)
No, there is a in-world reason at least for no drones. Wikipedia:

> However, a great reaction against computers has resulted in a ban on any "thinking machine", with the creation or possession of such punishable by immediate death.

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Re:Backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to SSH server com... by ethbr1 on Saturday March 30, 2024 @04:27PM (#39878305)
For anyone who wants the short version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YnAs4NpRd8

tl;dr - Machine intelligences existed in Dune history, were discovered to be secretly controlling humanity (through abortion under false pretenses, forced sterilization, emotional/social control, and other ways), then were purged and replaced with a religious commandment: "Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind"

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