What Are Ancestor Simulations... And Are We Living In One
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
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Are We in a Simulation?
Whether or not we are in a simulation is the wrong question to ask. The better one is if it actually matters. I am real, i am a person. Show me i am in a simulation, and i'll just say, tha, definition of reality needs adjusted. We have this left over perspective from early science fiction days that anything able to interact at the human level needs something near human intelligence and consciousness. This is why we get humanoid robot butlers in books and films who can run a vacuum and wash dishes and have a hat tat talk with people. In practice, we get a chatbot a robot vacuum, fleanel and small dish washor not,. some thing which
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