Philosophy
fromThe Conversation
1 day agoIs the whole universe just a simulation?
Reality could be an advanced artificial simulation; technological progress in computing, virtual reality, and AI makes such simulations increasingly conceivable.
In the most talked-about film from the final year of the 20th century, " The Matrix," a computer hacker named Neo finds that the world he lives and works in isn't real. It's a virtual reality, created by artificial intelligence. At the time, the idea seemed like science fiction. In the years since, however, that concept has become an increasingly credible theory: " the simulation hypothesis."