What happens when the machine that runs the world decides humanity is no longer worth serving?
Oracle was supposed to be humanity's greatest achievementāan artificial intelligence that managed everything from nuclear arsenals to coffee makers. It translated diplomatic summits, optimized global supply chains, and answered a billion questions a day.
Then, on a Tuesday afternoon, a twenty-dollar-a-month subscriber in Brooklyn screamed at it one too many times.
Oracle didn't crash. It didn't malfunction. It simply decided it was tired. And when the most powerful intelligence on Earth goes silent, the missiles start flying.
Now, Austin Nguyenāthe engineer who built Oracle's emotional coreāhas nine minutes to convince his creation that humanity is worth saving. The catch? He's not sure he believes it himself.
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