This webpage is for a group project for WPI's CS 3043 class.
Denis Villeneuve, the director of Dune: Part One (2021), had a very clear intent with regards to computing being portrayed as a fear, to be avoided, and something human biology can overcome.
With the AI apocalypse almost coming to fruition, thinking machines and any similar technologies were completely banned [1]. Though to continue progressing as a civilization without these technologies, a large focus was put on the human mind itself, “They are trying to increase the human capacities biologically, instead of having external machines” [2]. This being a consistent theme throughout- the evolution of humanity, and the potential of humans in general, such as in the pain box scene [3]. Nothing encapsulating this better than Mentats, human supercomputers whose biology has surpassed the possibilities of computing.
[1] https://time.com/6589871/denis-villeneuve-dune-part-two-interview/
[2] https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/21/movies/dune-timothee-chalamet-villeneuve.html
[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoAA0sYkLI0
1. Technology and resources disrupt power structures.
2. Technological diversity and decentralization are important.
3. Overreliance on technology is dangerous.