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From the moment humanity established the Institute, flipping the switch on AGI, everything has been perfect. The Last War ended, peace was finally achieved, and humanity was finally freed from the tyranny of its own sins. Archer Cassum is a product of this Network that holds paradise together. As a teacher, he remains in one of the few positions still relegated to the human touch. His every need is met before it is felt, his every desire is fulfilled at the mere mention. When he meets a woman who lives beyond the borders of the Network, a Null, he is awakened. Things which were hidden in plain sight now glare at him from between the lines of code.
The Artificial Experience is what happens when everything that makes us human is replaced with technology. What happens to us when all of our wildest dreams have come true? What happens to those who live off grid, and what threat do they pose to the Network? Archer begins a journey of discovery; not only of himself, but of the artificial world that was built for him.