re: Thoughts on Dune (Non-Spoiler)

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I assume some type of AI. I don't remember the lore about them not having actual computers anymore but just badass regardless. I loved the transport ships too.

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Definitely possible, which would mean they were all over 10,000 years old. The giant transport ships are Guild Heighliners.
The date at the beginning is the years after the Butlerian Jihad, where humanity rid itself of thinking machines.