This is wild: watch this guy go around in the Matrix Awakens (!) game explaining to AI NPCs they’re in a simulation. Remember, these are not scripted. They're not human voices. And this is not "some day", this is in Unity/Unreal now. Video games are about to be filled with AI NPCs indistinguishable from humans. Also trippy: watch AI NPCs go around trying to convince other NPCs they're in a simulation. Soon, there will be levels upon levels of simulated AI NPC worlds - and most of these AI NPCs ("fake people") will probably think they're in base reality, like most humans do. From @ReplicaStudios: "NPCs controlled by AI will dynamically respond to the player's voice in real time. Characters will change their dialogue, emotional tone and body gestures in response to how the player addresses them." “You're not really real.” “That's… hard to process. Does this mean I don't exist?” “You exist. Sort of.” “What does that mean?? Am I real or not?” “It means that after I close this game, you don't exist.” “Oh… so I'm only here for as long as the game is running. That's… difficult to comprehend.”