Butlerian jihad

plural Butlerian jihads · alternative Butlerian Jihad

1. artificial intelligenceA notional large-scale and vehement opposition to and suppression of artificial intelligence.

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

   2025 May 15, Ross Douthat, “An Interview With the Herald of the Apocalypse”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 May 2025

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   Were there ever a Butlerian Jihad, he could probably melt into his native North Carolina backwoods and pass himself off as a soft-spoken farmer until he slipped and blurted out a phrase such as "CO2 laser stapedotomy" in polite company.

   2005, Michael Chorost, Rebuilt: How Becoming Part Computer Made Me More Human, p. 33

   What these first stirrings suggest to me, in fact, is that the way forward isn't a Butlerian jihad, but a Butlerian carnival—a sensuous celebration of the world outside the cubicle farms and the glass screens.

   2017, John Michael Greer, The Retro Future: Looking to the Past to Reinvent the Future, p. 180

plural Butlerian Jihads

1. Alternative letter-case form of Butlerian jihad