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Nov 16, 2005

We're living in a Matrix ... possibly

Swedish philosopher considers artificial consciousness


A Swedish philosopher (Dr. Nick Bostrom) at Yale University believes there is a one-in-four chance that we are living inside a computer - like the one in movie smash The Matrix.

Bostrom said that civilisation will one day simulate consciousness - if it hasn't already - and then go on to simulate universes for artificial consciousness to inhabit.

"If the last possibility is true, then it could already have happened and we are almost certainly living in a simulation," Dr Bostrom said. He estimated the probability at "about 20-25 per cent".

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