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One day we will regret this computer revolution in ways that we currently can't begin to imagine.

I would say quite a few sci-fi authors have done a good job on this ...

My favorite author in that genre is Daniel Suarez, who makes some scarily accurate thrillers. It's not all 100% realistic, but as someone who is often annoyed at the deus ex machina[1] of other (science) fiction, this is really great. The author is a former software engineer, so I guess they know quite well how technology works in general.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deus_ex_machina

That is one of my favourites as well, World of Warcraft meets the Real World in a way that, while not necessarily believable, did not cause retinae detachment from extreme eye-rolling.

https://dune.fandom.com/wiki/Butlerian_Jihad

"The god of machine-logic was overthrown by the masses and a new concept was raised..."

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