The Experience Machine, Video Games, And Hedonism: activetimeevent.com/2025/08/10/t...
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Would you happily live your life in a simulation? This prescient 1970s thought experiment suggested not Half a century ago, a philosopher imagined a world where we could fulfil our desires through an 'experience machine' like the Matrix. He argued we'd prefer reality, but was he right?

Nice article on Nozick’s #ExperienceMachine thought experiment, and our increasingly fraught relationship with #AI. #philosophy #AIEthics