Life After Intelligence
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The year is 2086. After the collapse of advanced AI systems, society is still piecing itself back together. The world wasn't ready-morally, socially, or structurally. Now, in the fractured remains of what came before, James works as a technician, navigating a world rebuilt on lessons barely learned. In a future stripped of gods and guided by memory, he scrubs the floors where civilization once stood tall.
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