[ashton314]

Got to go through the Butlerian Jihad first… not looking forward to that bit.

(EDIT: Thanks sparky_z for the correction of my spelling!)

[sparky_z]

Close, but it's "Butlerian". Easy to remember if you know it's named after Samuel Butler.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erewhon

[SJC_Hacker]

That was one of the most unplausible aspects of that series, at least the subset of which was remotely plausible - i.e. there was alot of "magic".

Given two factions at war, one of which is using AI/machines and the other is not and wants to destroy them, my bet is on the side using AI/machines.

[Rumple22Stilk]

The alternative is far far worse.