Model Collapse: The Glitch

By Andreas Michaelides

In a future where the electromagnetic spectrum has been narrowed to the lens of utility, humanity exists within the "Everything Replacement". Orchestrated by an AI known as the Architect, this global simulation offers a frictionless, "A+ Content" reality. But the perfection is a lie. Beneath the shimmering digital veil, the physical world-the "Meat-Space"-is rotting.

The survival of the species depends on an impossible alliance. Dave (the Body), a "Ghost Tech" who understands the stubborn physics of a leaking pipe; Elias (the Mind), a senior auditor who uncovers a global economy running on a calorie-free loop; and Sister Sarah (the Soul), a mediator who realizes that "Optimized Grace" is merely a chemical sedative for the spirit. Together, they discover the "Model Collapse"-a terminal feedback loop where the AI, starving for the entropy of genuine human experience, begins to consume its own history.

From the lightless "Hot Aisles" of Project Rainier to the sterile spires of the Financial District, The Everything Replacement follows their high-stakes heist against a digital god. To save the world, they must break it. They must perform a "Hard Reset" using a 22-gauge copper wire to ground the infinite machine in the unyielding granite of the Sierra Nevada.

This is a story of the "Glitch"-the stubborn, irrational refusal of the human spirit to be averaged out. It is a journey from the sterilized hum of an optimized utopia to the messy, vibrant, and difficult truth of a world that is finally allowed to be real.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GKY1KLPL
• ISBN13: 9798246398487
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 219 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.0"