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AI and Dragons: Why Flex Operators and Landlords Need to Stop Slaying the Wrong Beast

AI isn’t a beast to slay, it’s a tool to scale

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John Williams
Jun 17, 2025
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The Ancient Origins of Our Fear

Back in ancient Mesopotamia, the Sumerians had a flair for mythic metaphors. When they wanted to explain chaos or the unknowable, they conjured up dragons—or more accurately, massive serpents.

Tiamat, the original big snake, wasn’t just terrifying—she was chaos.
A primordial sea-dragon goddess, she embodied the untamed, un…

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