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If you take a look at the book «Верховный алгоритм: Как машинное обучение изменит наш мир», in the first line of page 191, you'll read:
"..., что объективной реальности вообще не существует"
Why is реальность in its genitive form? Shouldn't it be nominative: ("объективная реальность вообще не существует"), as here реальность is the subject of verb существует?
This is a type of sentence which is called impersonal (subjectless).
Please take a look.
With negation of the verb существовать this form of sentence is especially common.
It's also a normative pattern for negation of the verb быть (бывать). While there's me is translated as я есть, there's no me is translated as меня нет where меня is Genitive of я.
The English there's (no) me is also a subjectless type of sentence.
