Our Matrix-like Computational Universe: Programmable Realities & Cybernetic Apotheosis

“The universality of computation is the most profound thing in the Universe.” — David Deutsch

As you may know, I’m a Russian-American futurist, evolutionary cyberneticist and philosopher of mind. Here, I present my published works in a talk titled CYBERNETIC THEORY: THE CODE OF REALITY & OUR FUTURE AS CYBERGODS at the Rotary Club, The Grand Autograph Hotel, Novosibirsk, Russia, on July 19, 2022.

​Do we live in a matrix? Is our universe a metaverse in the next universe up? What is the code of reality? Is this a simulated multiverse? Can we cheat death and live indefinitely long? The main 45-minute slide presentation is followed by a 15-minute Q&A session. This presentation is in Russian with slides and subtitles in English (for subtitles turn on caption in settings):

Topics include evolutionary cybernetics, Digital Physics, consciousness, philosophy of mind, cybernetic theory, Omega Point cosmology, physics of time, simulation theory, the Global Mind, AGI, VR, Metaverse, Cybernetic Singularity, transhumanism, posthumanism, cybernetic immortality, synthetic telepathy, mind-uploading, neurotechnologies, Fermi Paradox, the Dark Universe (Dark Matter and Dark Energy), the Argument for Cybertheism, and more.

A few quotes from the talk:

“As an idealist philosopher, I’d say that there are two sides of one existential coin: information and consciousness.”

“There’s also supersubjectivity. It’s a ‘matryoshka’ of nested realities. Any entity is smack in the middle between its lower levels of organization and its transcendent realm.”

“We are like bees that pollinate the other co-evolving ‘Technium.’ In a way, we’re reproductive organs of technology.”

• Author publications referenced: The Syntellect Hypothesis: Five Paradigms of the Mind’s Evolution (2020), available as a Kindle eBook, paperback…