I think the story of Erasmus and Serena Butler was highly glossed over. First of all, she was only pregnant with Manion when she was capture. Erasmus enjoyed having conversations with Serena. She didn't hide her feelings that she hated being a slave. Erasmus had never encountered a strong-willed human being. To that point, humans on Earth had never known of freedom or anything but living in terror of the Thinking Machines. When Manion was born Erasmus became annoyed that she took away time from her that could be spent talking with him. The first bad thing happened when she tried to have to have some alone time; Erasmus took her and sterilized her! The next incident resulted in Erasmus getting fed up and taking Manion Butler screaming up 4 stories, then dropped him to the "plaz" floor below. And that's the trigger for the Butlerian Jihad.
He managed to, over a period of a few millennia, develop what seems to be genuine human emotions and reactions. It's the most philosophical part of the prequels; the implication being that these robots were essentially blank templates that _could_ become personlike, under the right conditions. They had the hardware for it but very, very rarely ever had the opportunities and experiences for it to actually happen because they were constantly being synced, tasked, and essentially reprogrammed by the collective periodically. Absent that, they could become individuals and in time... people, almost
Erasmus did not "find Gilbertus Albanus". Omnius picked the most incorrigble kid from the slave pens and gave Eramus the TASK of watching out for him. Erasmus gave him the name Gilbertus Albanus because it souned fancy. He didn't even have a name befort that.
Joseph Venport gave refuge to a lot of the scientists that were being hunted down by the Butlerians for using and researching what they considered to be advanced technology. He set them up in a research base on Denali where they developed new Cymeks and better human-machine interfaces. When Josef eventually gave refuge to Anna Corrino (who carried the Erasmus' gel sphere brain) after the Butlerians destroyed the Mental school on Lampadas. Erasmus desired a body and the researchers there were eager to try human-machine interfaces the other way around, so managed to create of clone of Erasmus' ward/son, Gilbertus Albans, and modify it so that once fully grown, it could house a machine gel sphere. So basically he clones his 'son' and then put his brain in that body.
You forgot to mention the most important thing about Erasmus, that he is a fan fiction created character and just because Brian holds the legal rights to the Dune name, his "expansions" are nothing more then a gross cash grab from a talentless hack.
I think the story of Erasmus and Serena Butler was highly glossed over. First of all, she was only pregnant with Manion when she was capture. Erasmus enjoyed having conversations with Serena. She didn't hide her feelings that she hated being a slave. Erasmus had never encountered a strong-willed human being. To that point, humans on Earth had never known of freedom or anything but living in terror of the Thinking Machines.
When Manion was born Erasmus became annoyed that she took away time from her that could be spent talking with him. The first bad thing happened when she tried to have to have some alone time; Erasmus took her and sterilized her!
The next incident resulted in Erasmus getting fed up and taking Manion Butler screaming up 4 stories, then dropped him to the "plaz" floor below.
And that's the trigger for the Butlerian Jihad.
The name Erasmus comes from the Greek word erotao, which means to ask or to question
He managed to, over a period of a few millennia, develop what seems to be genuine human emotions and reactions. It's the most philosophical part of the prequels; the implication being that these robots were essentially blank templates that _could_ become personlike, under the right conditions. They had the hardware for it but very, very rarely ever had the opportunities and experiences for it to actually happen because they were constantly being synced, tasked, and essentially reprogrammed by the collective periodically. Absent that, they could become individuals and in time... people, almost
Best character in fiction imo..even better when scott brick narrates him.
That was great! I loved the way you explained everything
Outstanding!
Thank you.......that was lovely.
This sounds like it was generated by NotebookLM.
Erasmus did not "find Gilbertus Albanus". Omnius picked the most incorrigble kid from the slave pens and gave Eramus the TASK of watching out for him. Erasmus gave him the name Gilbertus Albanus because it souned fancy. He didn't even have a name befort that.
First there was R Daneel Olivaw.
Hail the Omnius!
How did Erasmus actually “enter” a human body?
Joseph Venport gave refuge to a lot of the scientists that were being hunted down by the Butlerians for using and researching what they considered to be advanced technology. He set them up in a research base on Denali where they developed new Cymeks and better human-machine interfaces. When Josef eventually gave refuge to Anna Corrino (who carried the Erasmus' gel sphere brain) after the Butlerians destroyed the Mental school on Lampadas. Erasmus desired a body and the researchers there were eager to try human-machine interfaces the other way around, so managed to create of clone of Erasmus' ward/son, Gilbertus Albans, and modify it so that once fully grown, it could house a machine gel sphere.
So basically he clones his 'son' and then put his brain in that body.
With Duncan Idaho ghola
Sorry, we are never winning against God-like AI or extraterrestrials. Actually, both may end up being the same thing.
You neglected to mention the little known fact that Erasmus was named after the 80’s British synth-pop band, Erasure
He returned under the alias “Marty”
Frankly, I think humans are overrated.
You forgot to mention the most important thing about Erasmus, that he is a fan fiction created character and just because Brian holds the legal rights to the Dune name, his "expansions" are nothing more then a gross cash grab from a talentless hack.
Exactly!