The dragon wasn't the problem.
Finding the sword wasn't the problem either.
The problem started when somebody decided who was allowed to hold it.
Barry Buck's latest article isn't really about AI, export controls or compliance.
It's about something far more familiar.
Finding the solution.
Then watching bureaucracy arrive before the victory parade.
A story about dragons, software, governments, modern AI and the strange reality that sometimes the biggest obstacle isn't the problem you're trying to solve.
It's the paperwork waiting on the other side.


