For years, philosophers and scientists have debated whether our reality is real or just a sophisticated simulation. With ...

File this one under "fun to think about, probably not changing your day job": a new study just dropped that suggests gravity itself might be the smoking gun that our entire universe is one big ...

Elon Musk and others find it plausible that our experiences result from events in a computer simulation, just like the characters in the Matrix movies. An alternative view, supported by both common ...

It might not be enough for humans to create superintelligence — we could also need to make sure that it is compatible ...