This addition to an expanding genre is just ok. The narrator is actually the reason it’s more entertaining than is written, because he does a fantastic job. That being said, the story is actually acceptable as a LITRPG strategy addition, but the actually story has plot holes in it. For instance, why would an advanced AI have complete authority over a game, then not even notice what it did when it took an obvious player and overwrite his interface? Nobody from the company can even talk to the AI to let him know what he did, or reverse it? worst company ever?

Speaking of the company, I get the evil company bit, but it sounds more like they are interested in profit than world domination. Also, the author might need to brush up on law before he tries to make assertion about what they can and cannot get away with. the epilogue rationalization sounds edgy and evil, but it would not stand up to the defense of a first year law student if brought to trial.

IMHO, stick with the story and less with the soap opera melodrama. The idea is actually good and can become epic, but it runs the risk of getting too bogged down with edgelord antics from corporate lawyers. Yawn.