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Hacking The Simulation (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

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The Importance of Simulations in Simulations

We can argue that even something as simple as Pong or Mario Bros is a simulation, but there's no real concern that the characters in it might be an AI with real thoughts and feelings. The two most obvious reasons to run those in high resolution are either as a voluntary vacation or as a nursery universe. In the vacation context you probably paid a lot of money to be sent back to some version of your youth or on some extreme experience.

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