Meaning of Butlerian jihad | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative letter-case form of Butlerian jihad
   alt-of
2. A war waged in the Duneverse by the last free humans against autonomous (“thinking”) machines; the Great Revolt.
3. A notional large-scale and vehement opposition to and suppression of artificial intelligence.
   broadly

Examples

““‘Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a man's mind,’” Paul quoted. “Right out of the Butlerian Jihad and the Orange Catholic Bible,” she said. “But what the O.C. Bible should've said is: ‘Thou shalt not make a machine to counterfeit a human mind.’”

“At the time of the Butlerian Jihad, Omnius and his thinking machines had held all of the “Synchronized Worlds” in an iron grip for a thousand years.”

“Dune holds up today, says writer Alastair Reynolds, when many science fiction novels of its era don’t, in part because [Frank] Herbert future-proofed it, by setting his story 20,000-odd years ahead, after the “Butlerian Jihad” has replaced intelligent machines with human minds.”

“Well, Daniel Kokotajlo, thank you so much. And I will see you on the front lines of the Butlerian Jihad soon enough.”

CEFR level