Lloyd's speculation was admittedly a bit far-fetched and unrestrained, completely devoid of evidence. Soon enough, even he was in the process of overturning his own overly bold hypothesis.
For a civilization whose overall technology was still in the First Industrial Age to suddenly experience a "Machine Apocalypse" felt a bit too absurd no matter how one looked at it.
Besides, taking a step back, although this world possessed the technical prowess to manufacture high-performance, high-intelligence AIs—and he was even dating one himself—the world simply lacked the foundational conditions for a "Machine Apocalypse" to break out, so there was no real need to dwell on it.
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