I wonder why everything this guy do/say become "viral" Look like a new cult, comparable to the Steve Jobs's one. His only argument is : exponential video-game complexity. It's nice to have video-game as a science argument. Really, it's nice. But exponential growth on a short period of time, make bad science (Malthus) Plus, last time I heard about the simulation argument, scientists were considering testing it. I heard, the hypothesis can somehow be tested. Which is nice. While real scientist do the work, if he is so sure of himself, he should try to alert our Gamer Overlord, that we are aware of them. Landing spacecraft on barge, or building overpriced electric cars seems a cheap way to spend money when he could contact some neat gamer.
Here's the paper on the testing methodology:
While I don't subscribe to this strain of thought, it definitely brought up memories of The Matrix, Tron, and Ghost in the Shell. Something that I think is extremely relevant here is the birth of the computer when the U.S. designed it as a guide for the thermo-nukes. The part pertaining to the article posted begins at 11:17 with a guy named Barricelli. I'll let the video take it from there. My point being artificial intelligence running at the basest of levels of computer history doesn't make this seem as far as a stretch, following Musk's theory. Would I necessarily support the notion on the whole? No. Though it does beg the question of are we, humans and all life on Earth, the first/farthest life has gotten in the Great Filter. If not, this is just one of so many possibilities that could [have] happen. With regards to his math and where 1/billion comes from, I see no proofs. That guy asking Musk questions really seemed to be wanting validation from Musk....