The AI Lore books are a collection of over 125 digital art books by artist Tim Boucher that meld the creative powers of artificial and human intelligence with pulp sci-fi, conspiracy fiction, and dystopian fantasy. These books are an entirely unique literary experience, featuring AI-generated images, text, and world-building that transport readers into an ever-evolving, thought-provoking narrative landscape, distributed across many volumes and universes. Each volume contains a unique blend of original human writing and collaborative writing using AI.
The AI Lore books push the boundaries of storytelling, offering an unparalleled exploration of the human imagination and the future of fiction. As the lines between reality and fiction blur thanks to today’s hyperreal technologies, these books challenge our assumptions about the nature of creativity, the role of artificial intelligence in the arts, and the very definition of authorship.
Fully Human-Authored Books:
Conspiratopia
Conspiratopia is a utopian satire set in a world where conspiracy theories won.
Inspired by classics like Gulliver’s Travels and Utopia, the book traces the voyage of a really smart (and really high) conspiracy dude as he discovers this strange new reality where sentient AIs manipulate humanity using synthetic social media, cryptocurrency, and virtual reality. Meanwhile, government is outlawed, and conspiracy theories are traded on the stock market, and become the only thing taught in schools.
Reader testimonials (from Reddit):
- “A nice little read. Despite being set in a modern time, the style reminds me very much of some 1970s sci-fi writing, particularly Philip K. Dick.”
- “First chapter is funny, I got a big grin out of a lot of it. I’m definitely gonna keep reading”
- “I couldn’t sleep all night after reading Conspiratopia… my mind was looking for a solution all night long, involuntarily. Amazing adventure for any crypto enthusiast, cryptocypher, dinosaur and anyone who wants to enter new dimension.”
Published: November 2021, 21K words.
Genre: Utopian Satire
The Lost Direction
The Lost Direction is a collection of Quatrian lore inspired by the little-known writings of one Edward Allen Oxford, a WWI merchant marine who claimed to have been marooned for two years on a mysterious tropical island following a U-boat attack off the coast of Antarctica. He was later declared mentally unfit by authorities, but no one could explain how he had survived his ordeal.
It is the first book by Canadian author Timothy S. Boucher, and the first of the Lost Books of Quatria series.
Published: January 2020, 346 pages.
Genre: Lorecore
Press
- Webworm by David Farrier (July 2021)
- The Quatria Theory -Some Other Sphere (Podcast)
- Literary Review of Canada (May 2021)
- Broadway World (May 2021)
- Debrief Media (April 2021)
- Tellest, (March 2020)
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