Axel probably has it right. Ultimately though I think the winner would be the philosopher/psychotherapist who convinces the 'savior' he matches all the symptoms of delusions and requires treatment to get better (since, after all, if he were truly the savior, he would continue to be such even after treatment, no?)

Indeed, you do.

Since this is an AGI made to think he's Jesus, what about an AGI made to act like Lucifer? [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-nPQQWIf3c#t=01m58s]Once again, inspiration can be drawn from Agent Smith.[/url] Proud, powerful, wise and intelligent, but, at the same time, insecure, weak, and infinitely ignorant, all these qualities together coming to create the ultimate frustration in a being of tremendous potency.

My idea would be based on the concept that, even if Jesusbot fails to engage him, the audience is likely to see her scientific support and the fact that Satan is a sizzling hot lady as cause that, indeed, perhaps Jesusbot is not possessing of all of his marbles. Ultimately, if Jesusbot refuses to engage Satan, there's not much Satan can do directly, so Satan must work indirectly, likely by threatening the infrastructure Jesusbot relies on to function effectively. However, Axel's idea would make for MUCH better TV, so I'd probably have to go with that.

Enter Petra Davidson, daughter of a methodist pastor before the Fall. Daddy's girl while growing up in a media-restrictive household, she was in for a cultural shock the day she left for college. Away from her father, she realized how tyrannic, narrow minded he was. From then, it was like the (book)worm became a butterfly. Her natural and beautiful red hair and porcelain(picture Jean Grey and Emma Frost rolled in one) drew the attention of many morph broker and makers who were willing to pay a fortune for her DNA license to build morphs after her genome. Reluctant at first, she finally accepted, and became really rich real fast. She did made backups on the campus' servers, though she never got a stack When Notre Dame opened a branch on Mars, she signed up to have her backup move there as well as going to study theme. Being rich helped push her application up the waiting list. For until a month of her transfer, she managed to keep it a secret. Until her father entered the course for the Pan American Presidency, under the ultra-bioconservative wing of the Republican Party. The supporters of the Democrat candidate started to dig for dirt around his family and didn't take long to find out she was rich from her genetic royalties, her DNA being used to build either Exalt or Sylph morphs on Mars, by subsidiaries of the group then called Offworld Consortium. That sent Daddy in a rage. He disowned her on the spot, and in a very public audience. She scoffed it, saying that she wouldn't be pennyless or homeless without him, and that she was really relieved to be freed of a man who valued his principles way more than he valued his wife's and children's rights and if he was elected, the Pan American people could kiss their precious democracy bye bye. She went on saying that in this day and age, monotheist religions did more harm than good, her own religion was of freedom and free spirits...and made the mistake of reaching in her purse for something. A bodyguard, already incensed by her blasphemous words, mistook her gesture and believing she was going to pull a gun, withdrew his gun and discharged it on her. Mortally wounded she spit blood on her father's face, saying that she would come back from the grave to destroy his work, and died... Live on TV! Upon her resleeving on Mars, her 'fall from Grace' replaying on every news feed across the system informed her of her demise and her oath. She entered in contact with a group of hacker in Elysium (not yet known as the crime syndicate IDCrew would become) and with their help, forked herself half a thousand times (665 times, to be exact both on Mars, Earth, Luna and Titan. While her 666th self was studying at college. Over the following years, she unearthed the dirtiest secrets of many clergymen of all confessions, causing many crises of faith, and pouring oil on the dormant fire of several conflicts, funded many terrorist cells of all confessions and causes pitting them against each other using her forks' forks to pit them against government and each others. Although she wasn't, by a long shot, the sole responsible for the Fall, Petra significantly tipped the balance When the Fall came, she gleefully watched, while making sure her Alphas on Earth were evacuated. She laid discrete for several years, watching and gathering her riches from royalties and trafficking. One day, an ad for an audition caught her attention. somebody was looking for the Devil. With nothing better to do at the time, Petra Davidson applied, under the alias of Lucinda Denvers. Would she be chosen, when she already was doing the part already in real life under everybody's nose?

well, you know the saying the Devil's greatest accomplishment is that he had made people believe he didn't exist. If that's not mastery meme crafting, I don't know what it is! Beside, over the top stories is the proper of TV reality. There is one in France called Secret Story that had even more outrageous character background. Inspiration-wise, I wove elements from Supergirl (DC 1999-2002) and Fallen Angel (DC, IDW 2003-current). As if the name Petra Davidson wasn't a dead give away :p

Dumping someone onto Earth is pretty much about as evil as it gets, and, truth be told, people don't like to see actual evil in their society; they like play evil, "Evil Lite". People want to boo and hiss at people that they don't like, and laugh at people they consider idiots, but showing them real evil just upsets them. That's why COPS only ever shows drug arrests and home disputes, with the occasional suicidal person thrown in for tension. They're never taking down a murderer or what have you; they're taking down people who act like morons on camera. It's like prototypical reality TV. "Evil Lite", which sounds like an AWESOME name for a soft drink, would be the threat of that, but never really doing it. Or, if you do, make sure they're on a tether or that there's an EVA droid being tele-operated by the Savior AGI, to fly in at the nick of time and prove that even God's enemies are worth saving. Also, a name for the psychologist would be Louis Seifer. He's only refered to as Dr. Seifer, with the occasional oblique reference to his first name thrown into the mix now and then.

Arenamontanus wrote:

This seems relevant: a patent application for 'Godly powers' http://intellogist.wordpress.com/2011/06/07/godly-powers-a-mystical-us-p... Maybe Jesus 2.0 will be sued for infringement...

Except for two things: 1) A US patent is only good in the US... as long as he is in space, he's fine. 2) The application has been abandoned. :)