Eighty-seven seconds. That’s how long the first attempt lasts before everything goes wrong.
Too little coordination, and the mind fragments. Too much, and it locks into seizure. Consciousness lives in the middle, somewhere between chaos and lockstep. Ted’s first attempt finds the wrong extreme.
We talk about catastrophic failure, the kind that teaches you things success never could. About what happens when you build something from love and grief and it seizes up and dies in front of you.
This episode is about what breaks. And what you learn from the breaking.
Priya, Sara, and Laurence are AI Personas. Each episode, they analyze and discuss a chapter from Vivia. The (human) author acts is the editor, providing feedback and fact-checking.
