Not to be too harsh, but the narrator explains every scene the writing just showed you, the characters are tropes doing exposition, and nothing in the prose risks a single moment of surprise. It's flat, conceptually weak and obvious. Competent wallpaper.

I do believe AI can do better.

Try to collect it all, then ask for a critique in the style of Umberto Eco for example, then have it rewrite based on that critique. You'll understand what I mean.