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To: ClearCase_guy

Didn’t Isaac Asimov write a book or two about this? (And I’m not referring to Daneel, but rather, I think it was Foundation and Earth.

(spoiler alert: Agents of the Foundation return to the solar system and it’s nearby stars only to discover that the nearby planets were ruled by few, or singular humans who were serviced by robots, and lived as emperors in their sterile fiefdoms. Could this be the future that ‘our betters’ desire for us? For themselves???)


6 posted on 01/28/2019 10:12:51 AM PST by Kommodor (Terrorist, Journalist or Democrat? I can't tell the difference.)
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To: Kommodor
Exactly right. I think of Asimov's vision quite a lot. I imagine some folks find it very appealing, and wouldn't mind spilling an ocean of blood to get there.

On the flip side is Frank Herbert's "Dune" series in which humans (long, long ago) waged a "Butlerian Jihad" and eliminated all thinking machines, all computers and all robots. because they saw them as a danger to human life.

9 posted on 01/28/2019 10:21:12 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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