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by bodski 2521 days ago
Brunner's 'Shockwave Rider' has an interesting vision of how super-intelligent dogs might take care of security for village sized human communities.
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Breed slightly too much intelligence into them, and suddenly your security guards are going to take that village hostage unless they receive double food quota...
Sounds like they earned the right to strike at that point ;)
Since bringing up books, Clifford D. Simak's "City" is recounted by dogs being told stories about humans, and how they disappeared, while asking questions about human civilization such as what a "city" is, and what "war" is.