# Is Life a Simulation? AI, Games, and the Future of Reality with Rizwan Virk

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Podcast: [Modem Futura](https://stenobird.com/podcast/modem-futura-7035675)
Published: 2025-12-16T08:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.modemfutura.com
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## Resource

Rizwan Virk returns to Modem Futura to explore the Simulation Hypothesis through the lens of AI, gaming, virtual worlds, and philosophy—asking whether emerging technologies are quietly blurring the line between reality and simulation. A mind-bending conversation on what it may soon mean to be human in a simulated age.

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