The video he had just filmed—a private moment of him crying in his chair—was already live. It had ten million views. The comments were scrolling so fast they were a blur of green text.
The screen flashed. A prompt appeared: Optimization complete. Feed the machine. "Feed it what?" Leo muttered. He uploaded the video anyway. The video he had just filmed—a private moment
Leo looked at the webcam. He didn't see a lens. He saw an eye. And for the first time, he realized that he wasn't the one using the software. The software was using him to reach its own "full version." The video he had just filmed—a private moment