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In the 1960s, we feared a central AI tyrant. In the 2020s, we built one—and called it "Single Sign-On." Prologue: The Dream of the Machine God In the expanded Dune universe (specifically the Legends of Dune trilogy by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson), there is a terrifying antagonist named Omnius . Anderson), there is a terrifying antagonist named Omnius
But here we are, 15,000 years later (in real time, only 60 years after the Dune novel was written). And we have done exactly that.