Artificial Messiah

Manny doesn't know much about church; he's just looking for help with his dad's cancer. Desperate, he is sent on a mission by his AI-led church: service in exchange for assistance. Tasked with blind faith, the journey leads him to Taos, New Mexico, accompanied by a sultry, senior emissary, Elsie. His unquestioning dedication to the mission will be the payoff behind the paywall.

Leveraging his blue-collar skills to open doors with the local bohemian-spiritualist counterculture, a forced an encounter introduces him to Sunny, the daughter of a programmer turned prophet, who fell from grace and is living off-grid in isolation - a creator hiding from his creation.

This philosophical-psychological thriller explores humanity at a crossroads between belief, technology, and the future, asking several questions: Who has faith? Who understands love? And who can be trusted? But most importantly, in the shadow of an ancient pueblo, these desperate humans are forced to confront an existential dilemma: what is worth worshipping?