‘If we don’t like it, we’ll kill it. If we love it, we’ll marry it’: We were dreaming about ChatGPT thousands of years before it existed — here's how ancient myths shaped the AI we’re building today
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The stories we tell about AI—servant, oracle, monster—quietly set user expectations and risk tolerance before any product spec is written. If you're deploying AI into consumer or employee workflows, align your narrative with the actual failure modes you can manage, not the myth you're unconsciously reenacting.
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