Delusions of grandeur already abound in AI CEOs. See: naming the company Palantir.

Hope they keep scifi I like out of their slop machines.

Was Alia also a mentat? I thought she was awakened abomination

Are we moving towards an AI jihad? A jihaid, if you will.

Hormuz doesn't fit in the Dune: Planet Earth narrative for me. We should stop using oil for the sake of the climate yet we don't. We don't have to go through that strait with so much trade. We just don't want to take the detour and price increases. The Dune universe depends on the spice for navigation and I think there isn't another source. We are still so dependent on oil out of habit and/or stupidity. The mullahs really aren't the freemen. They are more of a side arm of the Harkonen clan that was provoked by the thoughtless action of the emperor's real estate developer triggering their typical c@![ish behaviour.

I’ve been building a DIY home assistant in my spare time and have been looking for a good wake word to use. Alia is great!

"Thinking machines" or not, the problem in our universe and Dune's (IIRC) is/was powerful people using these tools to subjugate others, not that they went full Matrix. I think the 6th book might hint at this possible future, as well as God Emperor (my memory fails me though, but Leto II is trying to prevent total human extermination through almost omniscient surveillance and control, which could point towards AI), but the main problem is the same as it was so idk if we're living through Dune or just the human experience. 🙃

First of all, Frank Herbert was a bigot, a sexist, and a homophobe. That anyone takes his writing as "prophecy" is absurd and concerning.

Next, everything you are claiming as prophetic is just observations of history at the time. Oil conflict is not new. Technological advancements is not new. This is something humanity has and will be dealing with. That the current problems echo the past should not be so shocking to anyone that pays the barest bit of attention.

Lastly, "AI" is not remotely close to the point of sentience as you and (shockingly) all the people selling it claim. We aren't facing down an imminent machine revolution and anybody chomping at the bit for an excuse to wage a religious war because of the non-existent threat is just bloodthirsty, not rational.

Stop equating real life to fiction. And for that matter, become more knowledgeable of history. Maybe then we'll finally be rid of claims of "prophecy" or "prediction" for things that already happened before any of this was written.