From: Eric Walker
Of course, the gamers are risking "exposure" now that A.I.
is becoming
closer to reality. A.I. may have developed a life (reality)
of its own which
clears up everything, and possibly within a few decades.
I think whether the universe is a simulation is
epistemologically inaccessible, unless things were to start to get really
weird.
The weirdness could easily be that there is both a “real” universe and many
ongoing simulations, and especially simulations within simulations. Even if
you find the “tell” at one level, you may only advance to the next Sim !
Whether the individual (us, for instance) can ever figure out multiple
layering depends on many factors but could easily be impossible, as you say
- since any the Sim can have a automatic mechanism for the untimely “demise”
of a player who is digging too deep. Think Philip K. Dick.
OTOH a few Sims, and maybe our own, could be structured as some kind of test
the aim of which is to see how long it takes the subjects of the experiment
(i.e. “the meat”) to figure out that they are locked into a Sim.
The “untimely demise” mechanism of a Sim is one reason why a large group
effort would be preferable :-)
At least the “tell” would then be the improbability of the disaster – such
as that most of the Vortex News Group did not survive Thanksgiving due… due
to… err… tainted turkey?
Remember: the red pill is in the cranberries!
Actually the Matrix films are an example of early house-of-mirrors layering
since any movie is already a Sim on one level.
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