The Matrix
Are we living in the Matrix? Whoa.
Before the film, Rizwan (“Riz”) Virk will give an overview of the ideas discussed in the new edition of his bestselling book The Simulation Hypothesis: An MIT Computer Scientist Shows Why AI, Quantum Physics and Eastern Mystics Agree We are in a Video Game.
ABOUT THE MATRIX
Perception: Our day-in, day-out world is real. Reality: That world is a hoax, an elaborate deception spun by all-powerful machines of artificial intelligence that control us. Whoa.
In the near future, a computer hacker named Neo (Keanu Reeves) discovers that all life on Earth may be nothing more than an elaborate facade created by a malevolent cyber-intelligence, for the purpose of placating us while our life essence is "farmed" to fuel the Matrix's campaign of domination in the "real" world. He joins like-minded Rebel warriors Morpheus and Trinity in their struggle to overthrow the Matrix.
ABOUT Rizwan Virk
Rizwan (“Riz”) Virk is a successful entrepreneur, investor, futurist, bestselling author, video game industry pioneer, and indie film producer. Riz received a B.S. in Computer Science from MIT, and a M.S. in Management from Stanford's GSB. He is currently working on a PhD at ASU's College of Global Futures, researching metaverse, AI, and virtual worlds, at the Center for Science and the Imagination. He also teaches at the Fulton Schools of Engineering at ASU, and was a visiting researcher at the Leverhulme Center for the Future of Intelligence at the University of Cambridge.
Riz was the founder of Play Labs @ MIT, a startup accelerator held on campus at the MIT Game Lab. He also runs Bayview Labs and is a venture partner Griffin Gaming Partners, one of the largest gaming VC funds and was an advisor to Ridge Ventures (formerly IDG Ventures).
Riz’s books include The Simulation Hypothesis, The Simulated Multiverse, Startup Myths & Models, Zen Entrepreneurship, and Treasure Hunt: Follow Your Inner Clues to Find True Success.
