Before it put everyone in a Lotus Eater Machine, it was custom designing planets for everyone who didn't feel like sharing their land. Deus Est Machina - PI can instantly move anything, anywhere.Cyberspace - Not just augmenting, but essentially replacing reality.
Lawrence isn't too happy about that, and PI is just trying to help.
The story ends with an Adam and Eve Plot well under way, but real-world genetics would condemn humanity to extinction.
Tropes used in The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect include: