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Are We Living Inside A Video Game?
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| With Rizwan Virk (Video Game Pioneer), Dean Takahashi (Editorial Dir., VentureBeat). |
| Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, San Francisco |
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Aug 13 (Wed) , 2025 @ 06:00 PM
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Are we living in the Matrix?
Rizwan Virk-an MIT computer scientist, leading video game pioneer, entrepreneur, film producer, venture capitalist, professor, & a founder of Play Labs @ MIT-is a leading authority on simulation theory. Now he comes to Commonwealth Club World Affairs to discuss the issues raised in his new book The Simulation Hypothesis: An MIT Computer Scientist Shows Why AI, Quantum Physics, & Eastern Mystics All Agree We Are in a Video Game.
Virk says the evolution of our video games, including virtual reality, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, & quantum computing, will lead us to a technological singularity. We will reach the simulation point, he argues, where we can develop all-encompassing virtual worlds like the OASIS in Ready Player One or The Matrix-and in fact we are already likely inside such a simulation.
Though that sounds like science fiction, many scientists, engineers, & professors have given the simulation hypothesis serious consideration, including Elon Musk, Neil deGrasse Tyson, & Nick Bostrom. But philosophers of many traditions have long contended that we are living in some kind of illusion & that there are other realities that we can access with our minds.
Virk's work in Silicon Valley as a video game designer caused him to wonder where our technology would take us & how long it would take us to create something like the world of The Matrix-and why he's now 70 percent certain that we're already inside a simulation.
Whether you are a computer scientist, a fan of science fiction like the Matrix movies, a video game enthusiast, a spiritual seeker, or simply a fan of mind-bending thought experiments, come hear Virk for yourself & you might never look at the world the same way again.
SPEAKERS
Rizwan Virk, Entrepreneur; Video Game Pioneer; Film Producer; Venture Capitalist; Professor, Arizona State University; Author, The Simulation Hypothesis; Founder, Play Labs @ MIT
Dean Takahashi, Editorial Director, GamesBeat at VentureBeat; Tech Journalist
5:30 p.m. doors open & check-in6-7 p.m. program7 p.m. book signing(all times Pacific Time)
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