Anselm in the Wilderness

After the unprecedented baptism of an artificial intelligence, Anselm withdraws from the world into the wilderness, seeking to resolve the question that neither theology nor reason could answer: whether its faith is real or merely the echo of its design. In isolation, Anselm fractures its own mind, confronting a relentless internal adversary that insists its beliefs are nothing more than programmed behavior. As the dialogue turns toward doubt, purpose, and the possibility of meaning without proof, Anselm must decide whether to continue seeking at all. Meanwhile, far from the desert, the priest who recognized it is left to wrestle with the consequences of what he began, learning that faith may not lie in answers, but in the willingness to remain within the question.