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Episode Synopsis
Can a feeling still be yours if an algorithm designed it for you?Imagine a system that reads a crowd's biometrics—their heart rates, their brainwaves—and feeds back the perfect sermon, the perfect hymn, to create mass harmony. It's peace, scaled for the masses. The only catch is that the machine needs to learn what powerful emotion feels like, and it’s a very hungry student.So, this is a thought experiment about what happens when the code meant to unify millions is built from something intensely personal—a private memory that was never meant to be shared. What remains when you peel back the layers of the algorithm and find the ghost of a human feeling powering it all?This is Engineered ReligionAbout This Podcast:Man. Machine. Sci-Fi is an experiment in storytelling. Each episode is an AI-driven thought experiment about our near or far future, delivered as raw, thought-provoking, first-person stories.Subscribe & Get Notified:Hit subscribe and turn on notifications for raw, personal sci-fi stories exploring the crazy, chaotic, beautiful mess that tomorrow brings.New stories drop regularly—don't miss what's coming next.Thank you for listening!
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