Notes on The Exempt

The Exempt is the 71st book in the AI lore series.

It is set in the same world as Conspiratopia, but perhaps a few years later, as it references the Fall and the global AI takeover, which hasn’t happened yet in the original Conspiratopia timeline.

This book differs from most of the other AI lore books, as it is largely narrative-driven, not just expository lore. It expands on the ideas I was writing about recently opting out from society, from laws, etc. It imagines a world where the ruling AIs don’t actually believe in human sentience, so it’s of little interest to them when humans commit heinous acts, so long as they don’t disrupt the allocations of resources and personnel that make up the system. The book opens with the main character filing official paperwork for an exemption or a permit to be allowed to commit murder, by killing his boss…