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What if we are living in a simulation and our creators decided to give us AGI to see how it plays out?

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It makes me wonder if we’re looking at the emergence of AGI from the wrong perspective. What if we are in a simulation and our “creators” intentionally accelerated our civilization by giving us access to extremely advanced AI technology and are now simply observing what happens? Like an experiment.…

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  1. 2026-09-14 14:34 · r/agi
    What if we are living in a simulation and our creators decided to give us AGI to see how it plays out?

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