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Machine Spirit Epistemology: Ritual, Reason, and Trust in the Cult Mechanicus and Modern Explainable AI

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In the grimdark universe of Warhammer 40,000, the Adeptus Mechanicus worships the Machine Spirit, a divine essence said to inhabit all technology. Though cloaked in ritual and superstition, the Cult Mechanicus enforces a deeply conservative system of knowledge management, system diagnostics, and behavioural control over complex, often poorly understood machinery. This paper argues that such …

2024OnlinePanel 17Saturday 28th September 2024Warhammer 40k

Silica Animus, Silica Animosity: How Artificial Intelligence in Warhammer 40,000 complicates the boundaries of the body, the soul, and the monstrous

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The world of 40k has forever been at war with the concept of Artificial Intelligence. The Imperium of Man ever wrestles with its fear of Men of Iron whilst simultaneously protecting and pacifying its myriad machine spirits. They preach against the return of ‘Abominable Intelligences’ while they battle the supernatural might of Daemon Engines. Even …