Reading Erewhon Revisited | Alexandria
Read Erewhon Revisited by Samuel Butler. Imagining a world where machines evolve consciousness, Erewhon Revisited-Butler eerily predicts AI's rise 150 years before ChatGPT. This sequel to his satirical masterpiece warns how technological progress could enslave rather than liberate humanity. Most shocking is Butler's prescient twist: the real threat isn't machines becoming human-like, but humans becoming machine-like.