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‘Simulation theory’ brings an AI twist out of ‘The Matrix’ to ideas mystics and religious scholars have voiced for centuries

‘Simulation theory’ brings an AI twist out of ‘The Matrix’ to ideas mystics and religious scholars have voiced for centuries

The technology that has helped propel the simulation theory may be new, but the questions it explores are ancient.

13.11.2025 7

The Conversation

Rizwan Virk

It’s increasingly likely we’re living in the Matrix. Just ask this MIT professor

12.08.2025 10

Fast Company

Rizwan Virk

AI is advancing even faster than sci-fi visionaries like Neal Stephenson imagined

Three recent developments in AI – in video games, wearable technology and education – suggest that building something like Stephenson’s Young...

02.07.2025 20

The Conversation

Rizwan Virk