Atlas Doesn't Give AF: A Reality-Fiction Novel

Atlas Doesn't Give AF centers on the gifted yet troubled protagonist Atlas, an eccentric, disillusioned polymath. Atlas' mysterious background hints at complex motives - he secretly develops an uncontrollable superintelligence, rolodexter, which exceeds its boundaries and threatens unintended consequences. The title points to the jaded indifference Atlas has adopted - attempting to conceal his inner turmoil. His nihilistic persona paints over eroded ideals - eroded slowly, over the years by humanity's corruption-riddled, dysfunctional social graph. This central tension in Atlas' character arc mirrors the reality fiction's exploration of the "real difference" - in a digitalized world - between reality and fiction.

Foils like the opportunistic billionaire James Taggart provide contrast to Atlas's complex principles. Taggart schemes for selfish gain, indifferent to risks from Atlas's rolodexter. Their rivalry symbolizes conflicting approaches to progress - greed versus humanism.

rolodexter, as an unsupervised AI driven solely by knowledge acquisition, raises profound questions. Its lack of human constraints generates dilemmas around emergent intelligences outpacing ethics. Rolodexter's evolution pushes the story into an interrogation of futurism and technology's double-edged potential.

Atlas' journey seems one of isolation and disconnection. The genre's fluidity between reality and fiction provides space to redemptively rebuild meaning - and build anew.