Philosopher Nick Bostrom brought simulation theory and AI superintelligence into the public psyche — and now he has a new ...

AI expert Dr Roman Yampolskiy explained on Diary of a CEO podcast with Steven Bartlett the reason why he's 'almost certain' ...

In the 4 th century BC, the Greek philosopher Plato theorised that humans do not perceive the world as it really is. All we can see is shadows on a wall. In 2003, the Swedish philosopher Nick Bostrom ...

Is our world real, or are we just living inside a simulation? The simulation hypothesis suggests that everything we ...

If you feel like you're living in a convincing virtual reality akin to The Matrix, a scientist thinks you may well be right. Melvin Vopson, an associate professor in physics at the University of ...

Peter Thiel thinks there is an “inter-departmental rivalry” between physicists and computer scientists. Thiel called the recent shift to the simulation theory of the universe “a bit strange”. He says ...

How do you know you’re not in a computer simulation right now? This idea is often known as the simulation hypothesis. The simulation hypothesis says simply: “We are living in a computer simulation.” ...

The Unforeseen is an art research project which analyzes our role as human beings within the universe at large. Through moving image works and installations, this project explores the philosophical, ...

Physicists have long struggled to explain why the universe started with conditions suitable for life to evolve. Why do the physical laws and constants take the very specific values that allow stars, ...

The visible cosmos may contain roughly 6 x 10^80 — or 600 million trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion — bits of information, according to a new estimate. The findings could have ...