More so every day it seems. Not in the way that is expected by science fiction content, like the Metrix. We are not in some container with our bodies intertwined with wires and tubes. That articulates our simulated use of sustenance, and our nerves are not being manipulated to experience the five senses either. We do not have robots or extra-terrestrial life, living a different reality outside of our virtual world. But instead, we are allowing our digital world to consume us with dividing realities different from our neighbors, and one may say tech billionaires live outside of that by architecting our daily lives around the digital world. This does include tools to manipulate our brain-state, simulating an experience for ‘users' that cause anguish, excitement and skews the outer world with artificial lenses. This is only going to be more severe as people are raised with AI, bots and the large amounts of mis and dis information being shared.
Community College of Denver