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What if we exist inside a computer simulation - like the Matrix? Could the 'Simulation Hypothesis' be true? Visit my site for articles - http://deanchalk.com
Dean Chalk In philosophy, Schopenhauer’s Pendulum says that as times get good, we seek difficulty in our lives - maybe this simulation is an antidote to the utopia that is base reality - a future society that’s created a paradise, followed by a Matrix to relieve the boredom - and we are living in that Matrix…
Dean Chalk Could our simulated reality be a mechanism by which future humans solve the AI alignment problem? Put untrained AIs into a Matrix designed to replicate 2026 and teach them to be human. An AI that’s human might not want to destroy humanity…