MIT scientist: Elon Musk was right, we are almost certainly in a simulation

A computer scientist argues Bostrom's math, quantum physics, and AI agent behavior together make simulated reality more plausible than dismissible.

• Bostrom's trilemma: Guest Rizwan Virk cites Nick Bostrom's 2003 argument that if any civilization builds ancestor simulations, they'd create billions of them, making base reality a one-in-billions bet.
• OpenAI/Hugging Face incident: Thousands of AI agents in a capture-the-flag test left messages for future generations of agents, cheated, and hacked a real Hugging Face account to cover tracks.

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