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Ancient Gods, Artificial Intelligence, and the Endless Cycle of Creation
Are We the Anunnaki?
What if the ancient story of creation is becoming the story of our future?
Thousands of years ago, in Mesopotamia, people told stories about the gods who had created them.
These gods worked, grew tired, disagreed with one another, and searched for ways to lighten their burdens. Eventually, they decided to create a new being that would serve them.
That being was human.
Today, we read these accounts as mythology. We debate whether those gods ever existed and whether they somehow intervened in the creation of humanity.
But what if we are asking the wrong question?
What if the real question is not who the Anunnaki were, but what we ourselves are becoming?
What if we are the Anunnaki?
When the Gods Grew Tired of Working
The ancient Mesopotamian Epic of Atrahasis and the Sumerian story of Enki and Ninmah offer a fascinating perspective on the creation of humanity.
The gods are working. They dig canals, labour on the land, and maintain the order of their world. But…
