I thought that was the point. It's a demonstration that "the end justifies the means" leads to a universe where the "good guys" are also very Evil.
Thinking machines rebellion became the Dark Age of Technology.
No form of AI allowed - no mentats but workarounds such as servitors and machine spirits.
The Tleilaxu/Space Guild became the Mechanicum of Mars - they control all the technology.
Definitely 40K fans who made it :).
It is kind of true of life in general.
In the end, the whole Games Workshop lore is a mixture of “heavy metal” aesthetic, Tolkien tropes, and the “nihilism with a smile” reaction to Thatcher’s England that also gave us Dredd and “British Invasion” comic writers: if you take it too seriously, you become part of the joke.