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The Simulation Hypothesis, by best-selling
author, renowned MIT computer scientist, and Silicon Valley video game
designer Rizwan Virk, explains one of the most daring and consequential
theories of our time.
Drawing from research and concepts from
computer science, artificial intelligence, video games, quantum physics,
and referencing both speculative fiction and ancient eastern spiritual
texts, Virk shows how all of these traditions come together to point to
the idea that we may be inside a simulated reality like the Matrix.
The Simulation Hypothesis
is the idea that our physical reality, far from being a solid physical
universe, is part of an increasingly sophisticated video game-like
simulation, where we all have multiple lives, consisting of pixels with
its own internal clock run by some giant Artificial Intelligence.
Simulation theory explains some of the biggest mysteries of quantum and
relativistic physics, such as quantum indeterminacy, parallel universes,
and the integral nature of the speed of light.
“There’s a one in a billion chance we are not living in a simulation.” (Elon Musk)
“I find it hard to argue we are not in a simulation.” (Neil deGrasse Tyson)
“We are living in computer generated reality.” (Philip K. Dick)
Video
game designer Riz Virk shows how the history and evolution of our video
games, including virtual reality, augmented reality, artificial
intelligence, and quantum computing could lead us to the point of being
able to develop all encompassing virtual worlds like the Oasis in Ready Player One, or the simulated reality in The Matrix.
While
the idea sounds like science fiction, many scientists, engineers, and
professors have given the simulation hypothesis serious consideration.
But the simulation hypothesis is not just a modern idea. Philosophers
and mystics of all traditions have long contended that we are living in
some kind of “illusion“ and that there are other realities which we can
access with our minds.
Categories:Computers - Computer Science
Year:2019
Edition:PDF
Publisher:Bayview Labs, LLC
Language:english
Pages:392
