In the modern days, human creatures still cannot explain many things that happen due to the lack of knowledge or study in many areas. Therefore, various theories are permissible, including the one that a person exists in a computer simulation, which he does not know about or only suspects. The theory is developed and analyzed in the article Are We Living in a Computer Simulation? by Clara Moskowitz. I take the position of an agnostic regarding this statement as I think that at this stage of human development, it is impossible to unequivocally assert the correctness or incorrectness of this theory.
Both statements and cases from practice suggest the possibility of the existence of people in a computer simulation. First of all, due to the fact that people do not have an exact definition of their origin, although there are various assumptions, some of which are positioned as “proven” but contradict each other, alternative versions of the origin of the human race are acceptable. Perhaps we and people around us were created in a computer simulation by people in the future or by a much more developed intellect, representing another form of life (Moskowitz, 2016). For people of the future, it might be interesting how people live on planet Earth at the level of development we are at. Given the technical capabilities, it would be realistic to implement such a computer simulation.
At the same time, there is not a single proof for the idea that there is some kind of simulation in which we live every day. It is conceivable that humans are too self-centered and therefore assume that another race would want to simulate them, while in reality, they are not of real interest to higher levels of intelligence (Moskowitz, 2016). The presence of such concepts as luck can be explained only by a coincidence of circumstances, and therefore there is nothing that would contradict the logical development of events in the life of every person. If simulation exists, it most likely does not program people to live a particular scenario of life.
There are other thoughts and assumptions about the existence of a computer simulation. Some suggest that if there was a simulation of us as people from the past, we would be something similar to artificial intelligence (Moskowitz, 2016). At the same time, if the program itself was composed on the basis of artificial intelligence, which simulates human activity at our level of development, would such intelligence come to the very idea of the possibility of existence in a computer simulation? Most likely, the functionality of artificial intelligence would be limited to the necessary functions, while with the ability to learn, but without the emergence of ideas that are not relevant to the topic.
Summing up, I take the position that while there is no evidence, it cannot be argued about the existence or absence of such a simulation. Perhaps in the future, scientists will be able to come to more advanced technologies that will test this hypothesis and find confirmation or refutation of it, which will be objective. Technology and science should develop in the future, leading the human race to new conclusions. Until then, people can only continue to study and try to come to unambiguous arguments regarding the possibility of human life in a computer simulation.
Reference
Moskowitz, C. (2016). Are we living in a computer simulation? Scientific American, 7. Web.