@saranormous @midjourney Are you sure it wasn’t a test from the Bene Gesserit?
sarah guo@saranormous
I put my hand in the @midjourney demo scanner tonight and I felt the blessing of the future
7:14 AM · Jun 18, 2026 · 1.5K Views
Neuralink's Shivon Zilis and investor Sarah Guo joke on X that a Midjourney demo resembles Dune's Bene Gesserit test
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Shivon Zilis jumped into Sarah Guo's post about testing the Midjourney demo scanner by evoking the Bene Gesserit pain-box ritual from Dune, complete with a film still, to which Guo replied by affirming her preference for consciousness over the implied ordeal.
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Guo described the scanner experience as receiving the blessing of the future, prompting Zilis's Dune reference in the same thread without additional elaboration from either participant.
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How the demo scanner works isn't detailed here
The posts center only on the playful sci-fi nod and leave the scanner's actual function or performance unaddressed in this exchange.
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Users appreciate Shivon Zilis's joke likening the Midjourney hand scanner to the Dune Bene Gesserit test because of the clever reference.
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sarah guo@saranormous
@shivon @midjourney I choose consciousness!
Shivon Zilis@shivon
@saranormous @midjourney Are you sure it wasn’t a test from the Bene Gesserit?
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Jim Banting@JimDBanting
@shivon @saranormous @midjourney Possibly. I kept my hand in the box, but my calendar still feels the pain.
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Dany Desjardins@PapaQuestion
@shivon @saranormous @midjourney 🤯
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Elon musk@BKazamei43625
@shivon @saranormous @midjourney Hi shivon i am Elon i am from asia now we could talk Thank you
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Davide@dvdmarini
@shivon @saranormous @midjourney 🤣
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Greg Cook@GregCook2011
@shivon @saranormous @midjourney Nice ref
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Increasing birth rate@EthereumCB
@shivon @saranormous @midjourney @shivon . Making videos with AI is pointless on its own it only matters when it benefits humanity.
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