Adrian

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

So if I purchase a DVD and digitize it, that’s copyright infringement. But if an AI company buys my book and scans it to train their system, that’s perfectly fine? Once again, corporations are allowed to play by their own rules. I’m so sick of the hypocrisy.

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

“Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.”

- Frank Herbert, Dune

According to the history within Dune, humanity once depended heavily on advanced computers and artificial intelligence. Over time, control over these machines became concentrated among a powerful few, leading to oppression and a gradual loss of human independence. The conflict that followed, known as the Butlerian Jihad, destroyed the thinking machines and created a lasting cultural and religious ban against them.

The principle is captured in the commandment from the Orange Catholic Bible: “Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind.”

Because of this prohibition, any technology designed to replicate or replace human thought is forbidden. Instead, humanity trained itself to develop abilities that machines once provided. Mentats became living computers, capable of advanced calculations and analysis. The Bene Gesserit mastered extraordinary levels of mental and physical discipline. The Spacing Guild Navigators used spice-enhanced prescience to chart safe faster-than-light travel routes that computers would have previously calculated.

Frank Herbert’s vision reflected concerns about humanity becoming dependent on systems that concentrate power and remove personal responsibility. In Dune, the ban on thinking machines forces people to unlock their own potential rather than allow technology to control their decisions.

Art by John Schoenherr.

[juan @juanbuis]

i can’t believe someone solved recipe design decades ago and everyone just decided to ignore it

[Jamie Bonkiewicz @JamieBonkiewicz]

Is anyone else fucking exhausted by how overwhelmingly stupid everything is?

[Dr. Simon @goddek]

🚨UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTH: Nobody is coming. Not a party, not an election, not a better politician. The system is not malfunctioning, it is functioning, for people who are not you.

[kira 👾 @kirawontmiss]

this is why the camerman never dіes in horror movies😭

[Tobias Meiser @TobiasMeiser]

Ist mal wieder Zeit für diesen Klassiker. @cdurlp

[Daniel Lismore @daniellismore]

Fight for 'a better catastrophe' is pretty much 2026 summarized.

[Sarrah Bellus @sarrah_bellus]

so apparently white americans in minneapolis are putting mexican flags on their cars so ice agents waste time pulling them over. they callit ice fishing.

[‏ً @omgsidewalks]

I saw a post on Reddit that said that “The underlying purpose of AI is to allow wealth to access skill while removing from the skilled the ability to access wealth.” And I don’t think I’ve ever seen AI described so incisively.

[Hella 🏳️‍🌈📯WirSindMehr! @hewe26_hella]

Guten Morgen

[0HOUR1 @__0HOUR1_]

😂😂😂🥴

[Adrian @ryuneke_anywhen]

@omgsidewalks Sixty? By the time I theoretically retire they'll have pushed it up to 70 at least.

[naiive @naiivememe]

eggs watching the rest of the fridge from their private balcony

[Der Postillon 📯 @Der_Postillon]

CSD-Attentäter wundert sich, warum es im Paradies so heiß ist
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