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This is the "brain in a vat" thought experiment in philosophy. Also the simulation hypothesis.

In short, I don't believe it's falsifiable or testable. We can just reason about likelihoods.

Relevant to this is solipsism. We also don't have and can't have specific evidence that another being is conscious. At best we can just say that it's likely that they are.

Another story by the same author on the topic: https://qntm.org/responsibility

Yep, just saw it also. This speculates that we are fake. My curiosity is whether it is possible to prove or falsify it. Descartes had quite strong proof that we do exist (cogito...), but also he was not able to say are we real, or what we really are.

> Descartes had quite strong proof that we do exist (cogito...)

Well, no, Descartes’ argument only applies in the first-person-singular of the person evaluating the argument, not the first-person-plural.

We better not... do not want The Operator to destroy our Earth.